/*
 * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
 * SUN PROPRIETARY/CONFIDENTIAL. Use is subject to license terms.
 */

package com.sun.corba.se.spi.orbutil.threadpool;

public interface WorkQueue 
{ 

    /** 
    * This method is used to add work to the WorkQueue 
    */ 
    public void addWork(Work aWorkItem); 

    /** 
    * This method will return the name of the WorkQueue. 
    */ 
    public String getName(); 

    /** 
    * Returns the total number of Work items added to the Queue. 
    */ 
    public long totalWorkItemsAdded(); 

    /** 
    * Returns the total number of Work items in the Queue to be processed. 
    */ 
    public int workItemsInQueue(); 

    /** 
    * Returns the average time a work item is waiting in the queue before
    * getting processed.
    */ 
    public long averageTimeInQueue();

    /**
     * Set the ThreadPool instance servicing this WorkQueue
     */
    public void setThreadPool(ThreadPool aThreadPool);

    /**
     * Get the ThreadPool instance servicing this WorkQueue
     */
    public ThreadPool getThreadPool();
}

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