+1
Cheers,
Mircea
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From: "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Avalon Development" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [framework] Executable
> So is there any objection to me adding Executable ( I will update all the
> docs as appropriate).
>
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 09:14, Peter Donald wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Jul 2001 05:31, Berin Loritsch wrote:
> > > Peter Donald wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > What do you think about adding an interface such as
> > > >
> > > > package org.apache.avalon.framework.activity;
> > > >
> > > > interface Executable
> > > > {
> > > > void execute() throws Exception;
> > > > }
> > > >
> > > > The main reason it wasn't accepted last time I lobbied for it was
that
> > > > it was too like Runnable. However the one difference is that it
allows
> > > > an exception to be thrown. This is important in a number of
scenarios.
> > > > Most importantly it will be important in upcoming threading code
when I
> > > > rework it ;)
> > >
> > > Is this used for Callbacks? The reason I ask is because I want to
know
> > > if this is designed for Components or light-weight executable objects.
> > > That is what the "Action" interface below seems to infer. The
> > > "Executable" interface seems too broad in scope for my tastes.
> >
> > It can be but not necessarily. It is essentially a replacement for
Runnable
> > with the addition that it can throw exceptions. So everywhere you could
use
> > runnable you should be able to use executable. So it can be both long
> > running and for short call backs. However at this stage I am primarily
> > interested in the long-running aspects.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Pete
> >
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> Cheers,
>
> Pete
>
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