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package org.mmbase.core.util;

/**
 * Defines a task to run in a daemon thread.
 * A task should define a {@link #executeTask()} method and a {@link #getSleepPeriod()} method to define it's behavior.
 *
 * @since MMBase-1.8
 */
public interface DaemonTask {

    /**
     * Returns this task's sleep period.
     */
    public int getSleepPeriod();

    /**
     * Defines a task that need be run by a daemon thread's run() method.
     */
    public void executeTask();

}