001    // This file is part of AceWiki.
002    // Copyright 2008-2012, AceWiki developers.
003    // 
004    // AceWiki is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
005    // Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of
006    // the License, or (at your option) any later version.
007    // 
008    // AceWiki is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
009    // even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
010    // Lesser General Public License for more details.
011    // 
012    // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with AceWiki. If
013    // not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.
014    
015    package ch.uzh.ifi.attempto.acewiki;
016    
017    /**
018     * This interface describes a task that should be performed asynchronously (because it is
019     * potentially time-consuming and should not delay the GUI).
020     * 
021     * @author Tobias Kuhn
022     */
023    public interface Task {
024            
025            /**
026             * This method should execute the time-consuming task that is to be performed asynchronously.
027             */
028            public void run();
029            
030            /**
031             * This method should do the GUI update after {@link #run} has finished.
032             */
033            public void updateGUI();
034    
035    }