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            // wait about 10 seconds for the remoting monitor to be initialised

            // (i.e. for the begin task method to be called ON THE REMOTING MONITOR)

            for(int i=0;i<START_DELAY;i++) {

                logger.info("Waiting for monitered work to start ..");

                remotingMonitor = progressMonitorService.getRemotingMonitor(uuid);

                    break;

                }

            }

            // if the total work is still not been set then we assume that the

            // operation has zero work units

            if(remotingMonitor.getTotalWork() == 0 && remotingMonitor.isDone()) {

                return remotingMonitor;

            }else if (remotingMonitor.getTotalWork() == 0 ){

                Object result = remotingMonitor.getResult();

                InterruptedException exception = new InterruptedException("Monitor has zero work units");

            }

            return remotingMonitor;

        } finally {

                postOp.postOperation(remotingMonitor);

            }

        }