Start -> end | stop | finish?

Question

I'm programming a class and I was wondering which pair of methods makes more sense for describing a process cycle:

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start() -> stop()
start() -> end()
start() -> finish()

Basically these methods will be called before and after executing a task.

What I'm asking is in English (specifically in programming - any language -) which pair is more common to see?

Sorry I'm not native speaker so I would like to hear which one people prefer.

If it is not clear enough please let me know to fix it or add more info.

Thank you in advance.

Update:

The intention of the methods is to call for any "user functions" before and after running the task. For the task itself would do nothing special.

Answer 1

It depends.

• If calling the method will abort the task or stop it early, call it abort() or stop().

• If calling the method will wait until the task finishes, call it waitFor().

• If calling the method will perform the final steps of the task, call it finish().

• If calling the method will clean up after the task, call it Dispose() or cleanup().
  Most languages have a standard name for such a method; use it.

• Update: If I understand your situation correctly, I would recommend OnStarted() and OnCompleted()

Answer 2

Thats a fairly contextual question but generally you could write:

start() -> stop()
begin() -> end()

you could use finish() to clean up and close the program but close() is more used.