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24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski #ifndef SD_ASYNCHRONOUS_TASK_HXX
25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski #define SD_ASYNCHRONOUS_TASK_HXX
26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 
27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski namespace sd { namespace tools {
28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 
29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski /** Interface for the asynchronous execution of a task.  This interface
30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     allows an controller to run the task either timer based with a fixed
31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     amount of time between the steps or thread based one step right after
32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     the other.
33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski */
34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski class AsynchronousTask
35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski {
36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski public:
37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     /** Run the next step of the task.  After HasNextStep() returns false
38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         this method should ignore further calls.
39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     */
40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     virtual void RunNextStep (void) = 0;
41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 
42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     /** Return <TRUE/> when there is at least one more step to execute.
43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         When the task has been executed completely then <FALSE/> is
44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski         returned.
45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     */
46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski     virtual bool HasNextStep (void) = 0;
47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski };
48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 
49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski } } // end of namespace ::sd::tools
50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 
51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski #endif
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