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namespace Apache.NMS.ActiveMQ.Threads
{
	/// <summary>
	/// A Composite task is one of N tasks that can be managed by a 
	/// CompositTaskRunner instance.  The CompositeTaskRunner checks each
	/// task when its wakeup method is called to determine if the Task has
	/// any work it needs to complete, if no tasks have any pending work 
	/// then the CompositeTaskRunner can return to its sleep state until 
	/// the next time its wakeup method is called or it is shut down.
	/// </summary>
	public interface CompositeTask : Task
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// Indicates if this Task has any pending work.
		/// </summary>
		bool IsPending{ get; }		
	}
}