RootNetworkCollectionTaskFactory (Cytoscape Swing App API (swing-app-api) 3.8.1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRootNetworkCollectionTaskFactory
```
public interface RootNetworkCollectionTaskFactory
```
Produces a task iterator for the specified collection of root-networks.
Module: core-task-api
To use this in your app, include the following dependency in your POM:
```
<dependency>
    <groupId>org.cytoscape</groupId>
    <artifactId>core-task-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
```
Cytoscape Backwards Compatibility (SPI Interface): We expect that this interface will be implemented. Therefore to maintain backwards compatibility this interface will only be modified for major version updates.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`TaskIterator`	`createTaskIterator(Collection<CyRootNetwork> networks)`	Provisions this factory with the collection of root-networks that will be passed into any task created by it.
`boolean`	`isReady(Collection<CyRootNetwork> networks)`	Returns true if this task factory is ready to produce a task iterator.

- Method Detail
  - createTaskIterator
```
TaskIterator createTaskIterator(Collection<CyRootNetwork> networks)
```
    Provisions this factory with the collection of root-networks that will be passed into any task created by it.
    
    Parameters:
    
    networks - a non-null collection of CyRootNetworks
    
    Returns:
    
    A TaskIterator object containing one or more Task objects to execute.
  - isReady
```
boolean isReady(Collection<CyRootNetwork> networks)
```
    Returns true if this task factory is ready to produce a task iterator.
    
    Parameters:
    
    networks - a non-null collection of CyRootNetworks
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this task factory is ready to produce a task iterator.