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      1 /*
      2  * Copyright (C) 2009 The Android Open Source Project
      3  *
      4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
      7  *
      8  *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
      9  *
     10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
     11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
     12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
     13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
     14  * limitations under the License.
     15  */
     16 
     17 package com.android.quicksearchbox.util;
     18 
     19 /**
     20  * Runs tasks that have a name tag.
     21  */
     22 public interface NamedTaskExecutor {
     23 
     24     /**
     25      * Schedules a task for execution. Implementations should not throw
     26      * {@link java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionException} if the task
     27      * cannot be run. They should drop it silently instead.
     28      */
     29     void execute(NamedTask task);
     30 
     31     /**
     32      * Stops any unstarted tasks from running. Implementations of this method must be
     33      * idempotent.
     34      */
     35     void cancelPendingTasks();
     36 
     37     /**
     38      * Shuts down this executor, freeing any resources that it owns. The executor
     39      * may not be used after calling this method. Implementations of this method must be
     40      * idempotent.
     41      */
     42     void close();
     43 
     44 }
     45