Nuclex.Support/Source/Scheduling/IAbortable.cs

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#region CPL License
/*
Nuclex Framework
Copyright (C) 2002-2010 Nuclex Development Labs
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the IBM Common Public License as
published by the IBM Corporation; either version 1.0 of the
License, or (at your option) any later version.
This library 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
IBM Common Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the IBM Common Public
License along with this library
*/
#endregion
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
namespace Nuclex.Support.Scheduling {
/// <summary>Interface for abortable processes</summary>
public interface IAbortable {
/// <summary>Aborts the running process. Can be called from any thread.</summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The receive should honor the abort request and stop whatever it is
/// doing as soon as possible. The method does not impose any requirement
/// on the timeliness of the reaction of the running process, but implementers
/// are advised to not ignore the abort request and urged to try and design
/// their code in such a way that it can be stopped in a reasonable time
/// (eg. within 1 second of the abort request).
/// </remarks>
void AsyncAbort();
}
} // namespace Nuclex.Support.Scheduling