weka.experiment
Interface Compute

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteEngine

public interface Compute

extends java.rmi.Remote

Interface to something that can accept remote connections and execute a task.

Version:

$Revision: 1.4 $

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall@cs.waikato.ac.nz)

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	checkStatus(java.lang.Object taskId) Check on the status of a Task
java.lang.Object	executeTask(Task t) Execute a task

Method Detail

executeTask

public java.lang.Object executeTask(Task t)
                             throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Execute a task

Parameters:

t - Task to be executed

Returns:

a unique ID for the task

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException - if something goes wrong.

checkStatus

public java.lang.Object checkStatus(java.lang.Object taskId)
                             throws java.lang.Exception

Check on the status of a Task

Parameters:

taskId - the ID for the Task to be checked

Returns:

the status of the Task

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if an error occurs