Package org.semanticweb.owlapi.util

Interface Monitorable

public interface Monitorable

Certain tasks or algorithms may take some time to accomplish. For example parsing, saving etc. In some situations, it is desirable to monitor the progress of such tasks, for example to provide feedback in user interfaces. Interfaces which represent long tasks can implement this progress monitor interface to provide a hook for a progress monitor.

Since:

2.0.0

Author:

Matthew Horridge, The University Of Manchester, Bio-Health Informatics Group

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	canInterrupt()
void	interrupt()	Interrupts the long running task (if possible).
void	setProgressMonitor(ProgressMonitor progressMonitor)	Sets the progress monitor which receives information about the progress of the this object which represents a long running task.

Method Detail

setProgressMonitor

void setProgressMonitor(ProgressMonitor progressMonitor)

Sets the progress monitor which receives information about the progress of the this object which represents a long running task.

Parameters:

progressMonitor - progress monitor

interrupt

void interrupt()
        throws InterruptedException

Interrupts the long running task (if possible).

Throws:

InterruptedException - interrupted exception

canInterrupt

boolean canInterrupt()

Returns:

true if this long running task can be cancelled.