| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2000, 2003 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Common Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/cpl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.search.internal.core; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor; |
| |
| public abstract class Job { |
| |
| /** |
| * Answer true if the job belongs to a given family (tag) |
| */ |
| public abstract boolean belongsTo(Object jobFamily); |
| /** |
| * Asks this job to cancel its execution. The cancellation |
| * can take an undertermined amount of time. |
| */ |
| public abstract void cancel(); |
| /** |
| * Answer whether the job is ready to run. |
| */ |
| public abstract boolean isReadyToRun(); |
| /** |
| * Execute the current job, answer whether it was successful. |
| */ |
| public abstract boolean run(IProgressMonitor monitor); |
| } |
