org.apache.excalibur.event.command
Interface RepeatedCommand

All Superinterfaces:

Command, DelayedCommand, org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Executable, Signal

public interface RepeatedCommand
extends DelayedCommand

A Signal is a specific type of QueueElement that denotes a Control code for the Queue system.

Author:

Avalon Development Team

Method Summary

int	getNumberOfRepeats() If the value is less than 1 (0 or negative), the command repeats for as long as the CommandManager is running.
long	getRepeatInterval() Gets the repeat interval so that the CommandQueue keeps it for the specified amount of time before enqueuing it again.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.excalibur.event.command.DelayedCommand

getDelayInterval

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.avalon.framework.activity.Executable

execute

Method Detail

getNumberOfRepeats

int getNumberOfRepeats()

If the value is less than 1 (0 or negative), the command repeats for as long as the CommandManager is running. If the value is above 0, the Command repeats only for that specific amount of times before it is removed from the system.

Returns:

the number of times the command repeats

getRepeatInterval

long getRepeatInterval()

Gets the repeat interval so that the CommandQueue keeps it for the specified amount of time before enqueuing it again. This value must not be negative.

Returns:

the number of milliseconds between each repeat