[Bug 303523] LTTng/TMF udpates:

[deliverable/tracecompass.git] / org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf / src / org / eclipse / linuxtools / tmf / request / ITmfRequestHandler.java

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 *   Francois Chouinard - Initial API and implementation
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package org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.request;

import org.eclipse.linuxtools.tmf.event.TmfData;

/**
 * <b><u>ITmfRequestHandler</u></b>
 * <p>
 * TODO: Implement me. Please.
 * @param <V>
 */
public interface ITmfRequestHandler<T extends TmfData> {

    /**
     * Process the request. The client thread can be suspended until the 
     * request is completed (e.g. for a specific range of events) or it
     * can choose to process the events asynchronously (e.g. for streaming).
     * 
     * @param waitForCompletion Suspend the client thread until the request completes 
     */
	public void processRequest(TmfDataRequest<T> request, boolean waitForCompletion);
}