001/*
002 * GWTEventService
003 * Copyright (c) 2011 and beyond, strawbill UG (haftungsbeschr?nkt)
004 *
005 * This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
006 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
007 * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of
008 * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
009 * Other licensing for GWTEventService may also be possible on request.
010 * Please view the license.txt of the project for more information.
011 *
012 * This software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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021 */
022package de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.schedule;
023
024import de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.ClientCommand;
025
026/**
027 * The ClientCommandScheduler can schedule the execution of {@link de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.ClientCommand}
028 * instances for a specified time/delay.
029 *
030 * @author sstrohschein
031 *         <br>Date: 04.04.2009
032 *         <br>Time: 22:24:47
033 */
034public interface ClientCommandScheduler
035{
036    /**
037     * Creates a new thread for the execution of the {@link de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.ClientCommand}.
038     * @param aCommand {@link de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.ClientCommand} to schedule
039     */
040    void schedule(ClientCommand<?> aCommand);
041
042    /**
043     * Creates a new thread for the execution of the {@link de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.ClientCommand}.
044     * The execution is started after the specified delay.
045     * @param aCommand {@link de.novanic.eventservice.client.event.command.ClientCommand} to schedule
046     * @param aDelay delay in milliseconds
047     */
048    void schedule(ClientCommand<?> aCommand, int aDelay);
049}