content: /*
   *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   *    (at your option) any later version.
   *
   *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
   *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
   *    GNU General Public License for more details.
   *
   *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
   *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
   *    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
   */
  
  /*
   *    Compute.java
   *    Copyright (C) 2000 University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
   *
   */
  
  package weka.experiment;
  
  import java.rmi.Remote;
  import java.rmi.RemoteException;
  
  /**
   * Interface to something that can accept remote connections and execute
   * a task.
   *
   * @author Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
   * @version $Revision: 1.5 $
   */
  public interface Compute extends Remote {
    
    /**
     * Execute a task
     * @param t Task to be executed
     * @exception RemoteException if something goes wrong.
     * @return a unique ID for the task
     */
    Object executeTask(Task t) throws RemoteException;
  
    /**
     * Check on the status of a <code>Task</code>
     *
     * @param taskId the ID for the Task to be checked
     * @return the status of the Task
     * @exception Exception if an error occurs
     */
    Object checkStatus(Object taskId) throws Exception;
  }
  
  