On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: | | On Jul 13, 2004, at 5:39 PM, toby cabot wrote: | | > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 03:33:35PM -0400, Geir Magnusson Jr wrote: | >> Is it really "now" as in "if you don't have to wait for a thread, do | >> it | >> - otherwise return w/ a status indicating now wasn't possible" or "now | >> as in "wait until there's a thread, do it, and then return to me"? | > | > three choices: | > | > doWork() - "block until it's done" | > startWork() - "block until it starts and then return" | > scheduleWork() - "return now and do the work whenever." | > | > http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/api/javax/resource/spi/work/ | > WorkManager.html | | Thx. needs one more : | | doWorkNow()
> startHardWork() > doWorkSmarter() > doSmartWork() > scheduleWorkLater() > weekendNow() > Endre.sleep() Endre.sleep() seems to a public static method, which means it can be called without any pre-conditions :-O
