com.resilientedge.util.workerPool
Interface Work

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoggerWorker

public interface Work

Work is any unit of work that is run on a separate thread. The implementor is initiated from a WorkerPool instance. The request to the implementation, is by a user of the worker pool. The requestor is responsible for providing any work related data when the request is made.

Author:

jgardner

Method Summary

void	dispose() This is called when the object is being removed from the worker pool.
java.lang.Object	doWork(java.lang.Object obj) Do the work that is required of the implementor.
void	init() Initialization is invoked after the object is instantiated, and before it is added to a worker pool.

Method Detail

init

public void init()

Initialization is invoked after the object is instantiated, and before it is added to a worker pool.

dispose

public void dispose()

This is called when the object is being removed from the worker pool. It is a chance to cleanup any resources.

doWork

public java.lang.Object doWork(java.lang.Object obj)

Do the work that is required of the implementor. This is invoked through the worker pool to perform a unit of work on a secondary thread.

Parameters:

obj - data that is provided by the requestor and should be meaningful to the implementor, it may be null

Returns:

an object that is returned to the listener of the worker pool when the method ends, it may be null.