source: branches/1888_OaaS/HeuristicLab.Hive/3.3/ITask.cs @ 17698

#region License Information
/* HeuristicLab
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#endregion

using System;
using HeuristicLab.Common;
using HeuristicLab.Core;

namespace HeuristicLab.Hive {
  public interface ITask : IDeepCloneable, ICloneable {
    TimeSpan ExecutionTime { get; }

    ExecutionState ExecutionState { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// indicates wether it is possible to create childjobs from this job
    /// </summary>
    bool IsParallelizable { get; }

    /// <summary>
    /// Configuration to indicate if this job should create child-jobs which will be executed in hive
    /// Cannot be set true if IsParallelizable is false
    /// </summary>
    bool ComputeInParallel { get; set; }


    void Prepare();

    void Start();

    void Pause();

    void Stop();

    event EventHandler ComputeInParallelChanged;

    event EventHandler ExecutionTimeChanged;

    event EventHandler ExecutionStateChanged;

    event EventHandler TaskFailed;

    event EventHandler TaskStopped;

    event EventHandler TaskPaused;

    event EventHandler TaskStarted;
  }
}