com.sun.jini.mahalo

Class Job

java.lang.Object

com.sun.jini.mahalo.Job

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbortJob, CommitJob, PrepareAndCommitJob, PrepareJob

public abstract class Job
extends Object

A Job manages the division of work for a problem whose solution is obtained by assembling partial results to original problem.

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected boolean	_directCall
protected int	pending
protected Object[]	results
protected Map	tasks

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Job(com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager pool, com.sun.jini.thread.WakeupManager wm, boolean directCall) Create the Job object giving it the TaskManager responsible for the pool of threads which perform the necessary work.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected com.sun.jini.thread.WakeupManager	getMgr() Returns a reference to the WakeupManager which provides the scheduling of tasks created by this Job
protected com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager	getPool() Returns a reference to the TaskManager which supplies the threads used to executed tasks created by this Job
boolean	isCompleted(long waitFor) Check to see if the Job execution has completed.
boolean	isDirectCall()
protected boolean	numberOfRetriesDueToConnectionExceptionExceeded(com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager.Task who)
protected void	reportDone(com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager.Task who, Object param)
void	scheduleTasks() Schedules tasks for execution
void	stop() Halt all of the work being performed by the Job

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

pending

protected int pending

results

protected Object[] results

tasks

protected Map tasks

_directCall

protected final boolean _directCall

Constructor Detail

Job

public Job(com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager pool,
           com.sun.jini.thread.WakeupManager wm,
           boolean directCall)

Create the Job object giving it the TaskManager responsible for the pool of threads which perform the necessary work.

Parameters:

pool - the TaskManager which provides the threads

Method Detail

scheduleTasks

public void scheduleTasks()

Schedules tasks for execution

getPool

protected com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager getPool()

Returns a reference to the TaskManager which supplies the threads used to executed tasks created by this Job

getMgr

protected com.sun.jini.thread.WakeupManager getMgr()

Returns a reference to the WakeupManager which provides the scheduling of tasks created by this Job

reportDone

protected void reportDone(com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager.Task who,
                          Object param)
                   throws JobException

Throws:

JobException

isCompleted

public boolean isCompleted(long waitFor)
                    throws JobException

Check to see if the Job execution has completed.

Parameters:

waitFor - The amount of time the caller is willing to wait for the completion status to arrive.

Throws:

JobException

stop

public void stop()

Halt all of the work being performed by the Job

isDirectCall

public boolean isDirectCall()

numberOfRetriesDueToConnectionExceptionExceeded

protected boolean numberOfRetriesDueToConnectionExceptionExceeded(com.sun.jini.thread.TaskManager.Task who)