1 package org.apache.stratum.lifecycle;
2
3 /*
4 * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors,
5 * as applicable.
6 *
7 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
8 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
9 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
10 *
11 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
12 *
13 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
14 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
15 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
16 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
17 * limitations under the License.
18 */
19
20 /***
21 * The Executable can be implemented by components that need to perform some work. In many respects it is similar to Runnable
22 * except that it also allows an application to throw a non-Runtime Exception.
23 *
24 * <p>
25 * The work done may be short lived (ie a simple task) or it could be a long running.
26 * </p>
27 *
28 * @author <a href="mailto:donaldp@apache.org">Peter Donald</a>
29 */
30 public interface Executable
31 {
32 /***
33 * Execute the action associated with this component.
34 *
35 * @exception Exception if an error occurs
36 */
37 void execute()
38 throws Exception;
39 }