| J. Duke | 319a3b9 | 2007-12-01 00:00:00 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | /* |
| 2 | * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. |
| 3 | * |
| 4 | * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it |
| 5 | * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as |
| 6 | * published by the Free Software Foundation. Sun designates this |
| 7 | * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided |
| 8 | * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code. |
| 9 | * |
| 10 | * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT |
| 11 | * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or |
| 12 | * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License |
| 13 | * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that |
| 14 | * accompanied this code). |
| 15 | * |
| 16 | * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version |
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| 18 | * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. |
| 19 | * |
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| 23 | */ |
| 24 | |
| 25 | /* |
| 26 | * This file is available under and governed by the GNU General Public |
| 27 | * License version 2 only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. |
| 28 | * However, the following notice accompanied the original version of this |
| 29 | * file: |
| 30 | * |
| 31 | * Written by Doug Lea with assistance from members of JCP JSR-166 |
| 32 | * Expert Group and released to the public domain, as explained at |
| 33 | * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain |
| 34 | */ |
| 35 | |
| 36 | package java.util.concurrent; |
| 37 | |
| 38 | /** |
| 39 | * A {@link ScheduledFuture} that is {@link Runnable}. Successful |
| 40 | * execution of the <tt>run</tt> method causes completion of the |
| 41 | * <tt>Future</tt> and allows access to its results. |
| 42 | * @see FutureTask |
| 43 | * @see Executor |
| 44 | * @since 1.6 |
| 45 | * @author Doug Lea |
| 46 | * @param <V> The result type returned by this Future's <tt>get</tt> method |
| 47 | */ |
| 48 | public interface RunnableScheduledFuture<V> extends RunnableFuture<V>, ScheduledFuture<V> { |
| 49 | |
| 50 | /** |
| 51 | * Returns true if this is a periodic task. A periodic task may |
| 52 | * re-run according to some schedule. A non-periodic task can be |
| 53 | * run only once. |
| 54 | * |
| 55 | * @return true if this task is periodic |
| 56 | */ |
| 57 | boolean isPeriodic(); |
| 58 | } |