#ifndef _TASKCOMPONENT_IDL_
#define _TASKCOMPONENT_IDL_

/*******************************************************************************
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* "@(#) $Id: taskComponent.idl,v 1.1 2005/07/29 21:43:58 sharring Exp $"
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* bjeram    2004-09-22  created
*/

#include <acscomponent.idl>
#include "taskErrType.idl"

#pragma prefix "alma"

module ACS
{

	typedef sequence<string> StringSequence;

    /** @interface TaskComponent
     * This is a generic interface for TaskComponent, which contains run operation.
     * The TaskComponent is an ACS component.
     */
    interface TaskComponent : ACS::ACSComponent
	{
	
	/**
	 * TaskComponent's run method
	 * @param: param parameter to the run method of the TaskComponent
	 * @fileName: fileName the filename for the task's metadata (parameter set definition) xml file,
	 *            which contains information about the parameters for a task (e.g. names, types, defaults, help, etc)
	 */
	void run(in StringSequence commandLineArgs, in string fileName) raises (taskErrType::TaskRunFailureEx);
	};//interface TaskComponent

};//module ACS


#endif