Also moved this interface.

Signed-off-by: Roland Häder <roland@mxchange.org>

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+Deny from all

diff --git a/inc/classes/interfaces/handler/task/class_HandleableTask.php b/inc/classes/interfaces/handler/task/class_HandleableTask.php
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+<?php
+/**
+ * A HandleableTask interface
+ *
+ * @author             Roland Haeder <webmaster@shipsimu.org>
+ * @version            0.0.0
+ * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 Roland Haeder, 2009 - 2015 Core Developer Team
+ * @license            GNU GPL 3.0 or any newer version
+ * @link               http://www.shipsimu.org
+ * @todo               HandleableDataSet looks strange here
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+interface HandleableTask extends HandleableDataSet {
+       /**
+        * Searches a task by given instance
+        *
+        * @param       $taskInstanc    An instanceof a Taskable class
+        * @return      $taskName               Name of the task as used while registration
+        */
+       function searchTask (Taskable $taskInstance);
+
+       /**
+        * Registers a task with a task handler.
+        *
+        * @param       $taskName               A task name to register the task on
+        * @param       $taskInstance   The instance we should register as a task
+        * @return      void
+        */
+       function registerTask ($taskName, Visitable $taskInstance);
+
+       /**
+        * Checks whether tasks are left including idle task
+        *
+        * @return      $tasksLeft      Whether there are tasks left to handle
+        */
+       function hasTasksLeft ();
+
+       /**
+        * Handles all tasks by checking if they should startup or if it is their
+        * turn to run. You should use this method in a while() loop in conjuntion
+        * with hasTasksLeft() so you can e.g. shutdown by adding a ShutdownTask
+        * which will attempt to remove all tasks from the task handler.
+        *
+        * @return      void
+        */
+       function handleTasks ();
+
+       /**
+        * Shuts down all tasks and the task handler itself. This method should be
+        * called from a corresponding filter class.
+        * 
+        * @return      void
+        */
+       function doShutdown ();
+}
+
+// [EOF]
+?>