Running a task manually

A custom task can optionally override the following method to specify whether the task can be run manually:

public boolean canBeRunManually()

In the BaseIPDTask class, the default implementation is set to true, which indicates that the task can be run manually. If the custom task overrides the method with a return value of false, the task cannot be run manually by using the Services Framework user interface.

A custom task can optionally override the following method to specify whether the task that is being run manually displays an extra confirmation dialog box before the task is started:

public boolean addAdditionalConfirmationDialog()

The default implementation is set to false to not show the dialog box. Set the return value to true to cause the extra dialog box to be shown.

Example

Register a custom task by using the task registry page of the Services Framework user interface. Then, go to the task configuration page to create a task configuration for the registered custom task. Use the task operation page to run the task by using the Run task configuration icon. The Run task configuration icon appears only if the custom task returns a value of true for the canBeRunManually() method and the user has the permissions to run the custom task. Otherwise, the icon is not available.

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