org.cytoscape.task
Interface NetworkCollectionTaskFactory

All Known Subinterfaces:

CreateNetworkViewTaskFactory, DestroyNetworkTaskFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractNetworkCollectionTaskFactory

public interface NetworkCollectionTaskFactory

Produces a task iterator for the specified collection of networks.

Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Method Summary

TaskIterator	createTaskIterator(Collection<CyNetwork> networks) Provisions this factory with the collection of networks that will be passed into any task created by it.
boolean	isReady(Collection<CyNetwork> networks) Returns true if this task factory is ready to produce a task iterator.

Method Detail

createTaskIterator

TaskIterator createTaskIterator(Collection<CyNetwork> networks)

Provisions this factory with the collection of networks that will be passed into any task created by it.

Parameters:

networks - a non-null collection of CyNetworks

Returns:

A TaskIterator object containing one or more Task objects to execute.

isReady

boolean isReady(Collection<CyNetwork> networks)

Returns true if this task factory is ready to produce a task iterator.

Parameters:

networks - a non-null collection of CyNetworks

Returns:

true if this task factory is ready to produce a task iterator.