Task (com.chemaxon.plexus.core:plexus-progress-and-background-tasks)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BackgroundRunner.BackgroundTask
```
public interface Task
```
This interface allows control of tasks produced by BackgroundRunner.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`cancel()`	Removes the task from the queue.
`boolean`	`isFinished()`	Test whether the task has finished running.
`void`	`schedule(int delay)`	(Re-)schedules a task to run in the future.
`void`	`thenRun(java.lang.Runnable nextTask)`
`void`	`waitFinished()`	Wait until the task is finished.
`boolean`	`waitFinished(long milliseconds)`	Wait until the task is finished, but only a given time.

- Method Detail
  - schedule
```
void schedule(int delay)
```
    (Re-)schedules a task to run in the future.
    
    Parameters:
    
    delay -
  - waitFinished
```
boolean waitFinished(long milliseconds)
              throws java.lang.InterruptedException
```
    Wait until the task is finished, but only a given time.
    
    Parameters:
    
    milliseconds - thime to wait in milliseconds
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the task is really finished, or false if the time out has been exceeded
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.InterruptedException
  - waitFinished
```
void waitFinished()
```
    Wait until the task is finished.
  - isFinished
```
boolean isFinished()
```
    Test whether the task has finished running.
    
    Returns:
  - thenRun
```
void thenRun(java.lang.Runnable nextTask)
```
    Parameters:
    
    nextTask -
  - cancel
```
void cancel()
```
    Removes the task from the queue.