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package com.sun.jini.tool.envcheck;

/** 
 * A subtask to be run in a separate VM. Classes implementing this
 * interface must provide a public no-arg constructor. 
 */
public interface SubVMTask {

    /**
     * Run the subtask. Return an object representing the
     * result of the task. If an unexpected exception is thrown
     * in the body of the method, it should be caught and used
     * as the returned object.
     *
     * @param args
     * @return the task status object, which may be <code>null</code>
     */
    public Object run(String[] args);
}