Class Task

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--Task

All Implemented Interfaces:

net.jini.core.entry.Entry, java.io.Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Dynamic, ExternalProcess, Heat, ImagePTask, Jacobi, Neutron, Pi, Sieve

public class Task

extends java.lang.Object

implements net.jini.core.entry.Entry

Base class for modeling units of work within the Tonic framework.

Author:

Copyright (c) 2000,2003 mnoble@space.mit.edu
This code may only be used under the terms of GNU General Public License.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

java.lang.Object	data
java.lang.Boolean	done
java.lang.Integer	id
java.lang.Object	result

Constructor Summary

Task()

Task(int i)

Method Summary

protected java.lang.Object	compute()
void	execute()
protected void	finalize()
protected boolean	keepData()
java.lang.Object	mergeResult(java.lang.Object r)
protected java.lang.String	name()
void	reportResult(java.lang.Object r)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

id

public java.lang.Integer id

data

public java.lang.Object data

result

public java.lang.Object result

done

public java.lang.Boolean done

Constructor Detail

Task

public Task()

Task

public Task(int i)

Method Detail

execute

public void execute()

compute

protected java.lang.Object compute()

name

protected java.lang.String name()

keepData

protected boolean keepData()

finalize

protected void finalize()

Overrides:

finalize in class java.lang.Object

mergeResult

public java.lang.Object mergeResult(java.lang.Object r)

reportResult

public void reportResult(java.lang.Object r)