src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/shell/KillableObserver.java

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package com.google.devtools.build.lib.shell;

/**
 * Implementations of this interface observe, and potentially kill,
 * a {@link Killable} object. This is the mechanism by which "kill"
 * functionality is exposed to callers in the
 * {@link Command#execute(byte[], KillableObserver, boolean)} method.
 * 
 */
public interface KillableObserver {

  /**
   * <p>Begin observing the given {@link Killable}. This method must return
   * promptly; until it returns, {@link Command#execute()} cannot complete.
   * Implementations may wish to start a new {@link Thread} here to handle
   * kill logic, and to interrupt or otherwise ask the thread to stop in the
   * {@link #stopObserving(Killable)} method. See
   * <a href="http://builder.com.com/5100-6370-5144546.html">
   * Interrupting Java threads</a> for notes on how to implement this
   * correctly.</p>
   *
   * <p>Implementations may or may not be able to observe more than
   * one {@link Killable} at a time; see javadoc for details.</p>
   *
   * @param killable killable to observer
   */
  void startObserving(Killable killable);

  /**
   * Stop observing the given {@link Killable}, since it is
   * no longer active.
   */
  void stopObserving(Killable killable);

}