Notifying Thread Manager
Intent
Provide a framework for an interactive user interface to invoke a long-running operation in a more managed fashion.
Problem
Many times a user interface must initiate an operation that the developer would like to disconnect from the interface's operation. Although there are many reasons, the most common tend to be when multiple operations need to be performed at once or when an operation could potentially take longer than the user should be expected to wait for a response.
Some operations will always take time to complete. A user interface should allow a user to continue doing work while waiting for the operation, or multiple operations, to complete in background. As the use of Web services proliferate, the response ...
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