// BlockingThread.java
// (C) 2008 by Michael Peter Christen; mc@yacy.net, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
// first published 27.03.2008 on http://yacy.net
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package net.yacy.kelondro.workflow;
public interface BlockingThread<J extends WorkflowJob> extends WorkflowThread {
public void setManager(final WorkflowProcessor<J> queue);
public WorkflowProcessor<J> getManager();
public J job(final J next) throws Exception;
// performes one job procedure; this loopes until terminate() is called
// job returns true if it has done something
// it returns false if it is idle and does not expect to work on more for a longer time
}