include/GaudiKernel/IRunable.h

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0011 #ifndef GAUDIKERNEL_IRUNNABLE_H
0012 #define GAUDIKERNEL_IRUNNABLE_H
0013
0014 #include "GaudiKernel/IInterface.h"
0015
0016 /** @class IRunable IRunable.h GaudiKernel/IRunable.h
0017
0018     Runable interface definition. Package GaudiKernel
0019
0020     Abstract interface of an object to be "run".
0021     Best analogy: java.thread.Thread.run().
0022     A known user is the application manager, which
0023     gives control to a runable for execution of the event loop.
0024
0025    @author Markus Frank
0026    @version 2.0
0027 */
0028 class GAUDI_API IRunable : virtual public IInterface {
0029 public:
0030   /// InterfaceID
0031   DeclareInterfaceID( IRunable, 2, 0 );
0032
0033   /// Run the class implementation
0034   virtual StatusCode run() = 0;
0035 };
0036
0037 #endif // GAUDIKERNEL_IRUNNABLE_H