TaskExcecutionFailureHandler.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2009-2010 Wilfred Springer
 *
 * This file is part of ICal Combinator.
 *
 * ICal Combinator is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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 *
 * ICal Combinator is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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 *
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 */
package nl.flotsam.tasks;

import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;

/**
 * The object keeping track of exceptions thrown while executing a task.
 */
public interface TaskExcecutionFailureHandler {

    /**
     * Signals the occurrence of a InterruptedException.
     *
     * @return A boolean indicating if the {@link nl.flotsam.tasks.TaskExecutor} should continue executing tasks.
     */
    boolean onException(InterruptedException e);
    
    /**
     * Signals the occurrence of a ExecutionException.
     *
     * @return A boolean indicating if the {@link nl.flotsam.tasks.TaskExecutor} should continue executing tasks.
     */
    boolean onException(ExecutionException e);

}