I like this idea.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernst de Haan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 3:12 PM
Subject: Re: How to tell what Javac did?
> Aaron Knauf wrote:
> > Perhaps we could extend Task to set an exit status property?
> > Probably, this would mean changing
> >
> > public void execute()
> >
> > to
> >
> > public int execute()
> >
> > and changing all the subclasses. Better to get that done now, rather
> > than wait until the number of tasks is too large.
>
> If you would choose this option, then I suggest you change the return
> type to be some class or interface, not just an int, for extensibility.
> You may find it useful to return a descriptive error message, or perhaps
> warning messages.
>
> For now the return type could be as simple as:
>
> public interface ExecutionResult {
> int getStatus();
> }
>
>
> Ernst
>
