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Interface Continuation

All Known Implementing Classes:

Continuation.ExternalContinuation, Continuation.ListenerContinuation, Continuation.StandardContinuation, ContinuationMessage, DistPASTRegrTest.TestCommand, PastRegrTest.TestCommand, PastRegrTest.TestExceptionCommand

public interface Continuation

Asynchronously receives the result to a given method call, using the command pattern. Implementations of this class contain the remainder of a computation which included an asynchronous method call. When the result to the call becomes available, the receiveResult method on this command is called.

Version:

$Id: Continuation.java,v 1.6 2003/07/28 06:07:12 amislove Exp $

Author:

Alan Mislove

Nested Class Summary

static class	Continuation.ExternalContinuation This class provides a continuation which is designed to be used from an external thread.
static class	Continuation.ListenerContinuation This class is a Continuation provided for simplicity which listens for any errors and ignores any success values.
static class	Continuation.StandardContinuation This class is a Continuation provided for simplicity which passes any errors up to the parent Continuation which it is constructed with.

Method Summary

void	receiveException(java.lang.Exception result) Called when an execption occured as a result of the previous command.
void	receiveResult(java.lang.Object result) Called when a previously requested result is now availble.

Method Detail

receiveResult

public void receiveResult(java.lang.Object result)

Called when a previously requested result is now availble.

Parameters:

result - The result of the command.

receiveException

public void receiveException(java.lang.Exception result)

Called when an execption occured as a result of the previous command.

Parameters:

result - The exception which was caused.