Method, system, and apparatus for managing tasks

The present invention relates generally to a method, system, and apparatus for loading and managing tasks on a computer system. A method, system, and apparatus for loading and managing tasks within a process instance on a computer system. The present embodiment novelly distinguishes groups of threads as a task and manages the execution of the threads in the task in the manner specified in a configuration file. The configuration file contains names of tasks and configuration information associated with each task. For example the order of execution of tasks may be defined to depend on the progress of the execution, such as the state, of one or more other tasks. The termination of a single task or multiple tasks may be managed by the present embodiment. The output from a task may be directed to a computer-based input/output (I/O) device, such as a monitor, or to a file, or may be discarded.