/**
 * Copyright (C) 2003 Jeremy Booth (jeremy@newdawnsoftware.com)
 *
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 */
package net.java.games.input;

import java.io.IOException;

abstract class LinuxDeviceTask {
	public final static int INPROGRESS = 1;
	public final static int COMPLETED = 2;
	public final static int FAILED = 3;
	
	private Object result;
	private IOException exception;
	private int state = INPROGRESS;
	
	public final void doExecute() {
		try {
			result = execute();
			state = COMPLETED;
		} catch (IOException e) {
			exception = e;
			state = FAILED;
		}
	}

	public final IOException getException() {
		return exception;
	}

	public final Object getResult() {
		return result;
	}

	public final int getState() {
		return state;
	}
	
	protected abstract Object execute() throws IOException;
}