Task -- the class of all tasks

Functions and methods returning a task :

• "createTask(Function)" -- see createTask -- create a task
• "createTask(Function,Thing)" -- see createTask -- create a task
• "schedule(Function)" -- see schedule -- schedule a task for execution
• "schedule(Function,Thing)" -- see schedule -- schedule a task for execution
• "schedule(Task)" -- see schedule -- schedule a task for execution

Methods that use a task :

• addCancelTask(Task,Task) -- specify that the completion of one task triggers the cancellation of another
• addDependencyTask(Task,Task) -- schedule a task, but ensure that it will not run until another task finishes
• addStartTask(Task,Task) -- schedule a task upon completion of another
• cancelTask(Task) -- stop a task
• isCanceled(Task) -- whether a task has been canceled
• isReady(Task) -- whether a task is finished
• taskResult(Task) -- retrieve the value returned by a task

For the programmer

The object Task is a type, with ancestor class Thing.