| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2004, 2005 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.osgi.service.runnable; |
| |
| /** |
| * Like a {@link java.lang.Runnable}, an object which captures a block of code which can |
| * be passed around and executed. Unlike standard runnables, paramaterized |
| * runnables allow an arbitrary {@link java.lang.Object} to be passed in when the |
| * block is evaluated. |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface. |
| * </p> |
| * @since 3.0 |
| */ |
| public interface ParameterizedRunnable { |
| |
| /** |
| * Executes the block of code encapsulated by this runnable in the context of |
| * the given object and returns the result. The result may be <code>null</code>. |
| * |
| * @param context the context for evaluating the runnable |
| * @return the result of evaluating the runnable in the given context |
| * @throws Exception if there is a problem running this runnable |
| */ |
| public Object run(Object context) throws Exception; |
| } |
