Create a custom NOP commerce task

Question

I'm trying to understand the following code used in Nop Commerece task. It has classes which are implemented as below. The project is in the Plugins folder. One class implements ITask interface.

Public class foo:ITask
{
  public void Execute()
  {
    ......

  } 
 }

Another implements BasePlugin, Iplugin

 public class SmartWarehousePlugin : BasePlugin, IPlugin
 {

   public override void Install()
  {
    ...
  }

  public override void Uninstall()
  {
    ....
  }
   ....
 }

I understand the concept of Task and Plugin in NOP. I went through different tutorials. But I didn't find one where ITask and BasePlugin,IPlugin are used together. Why and when we need to do this?

Answer 1

As per my knowledge, ITask is an interface, using that you can create your own task in task scheduler and BasePlugin interface having install, uninstall methods , so using that methods, you can add custom things at installation/uninstallation.

Now the question are When? and Why? So, when you want to create/start your task just after plugin installation (or for similar kind of functionality) at that time you can use both together. Why part depends on your requirements.