jetbrains.buildServer.backgroundTasks
Interface BackgroundTaskManager

public interface BackgroundTaskManager

Manager for background tasks. In the essence, background tasks are tasks, which are executed in background, have a string identifier, and can report it's status.

Method Summary

BackgroundTask	findTask(java.lang.String id) Get a background task by ID (if one exists).
BackgroundTask	getOrCreateTask(java.lang.String id, BackgroundActivity action) Create a background task or return existing one with given id.

Method Detail

findTask

BackgroundTask findTask(java.lang.String id)

Get a background task by ID (if one exists).

Parameters:

id - string task identifier, which was used upon task creation.

Returns:

see above

getOrCreateTask

BackgroundTask getOrCreateTask(java.lang.String id,
                               BackgroundActivity action)

Create a background task or return existing one with given id.

Parameters:

id - identifier of the task.

action - an action to be executed. Action can report progress

Returns:

created (or found existing) background task