JAL-961, JAL-1115 - pending test to ensure only one worker waits around for another...

[jalview.git] / src / jalview / api / AlignCalcManagerI.java

diff --git a/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java b/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java
index a7b17c6..1eedc74 100644 (file)
--- a/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/api/AlignCalcManagerI.java
@@ -105,4 +105,14 @@ public interface AlignCalcManagerI
    */
   boolean startRegisteredWorkersOfClass(Class workerClass);
 
+  /**
+   * work out if there is an instance of a worker that is *waiting* to start
+   * calculating
+   *
+   * @param workingClass
+   * @return true if workingClass is already waiting to calculate. false if it
+   *         is calculating, or not queued.
+   */
+  boolean isPending(AlignCalcWorkerI workingClass);
+
 }