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package javax.ejb;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * The TimerService interface provides enterprise bean components with access to
 * the container-provided Timer Service. The EJB Timer Service allows beans to
 * be registered for timer callback events at a specified time, after a
 * specified elapsed time, or after a specified interval.
 */
public interface TimerService {

  /**
   * Create a single-action timer that expires after a specified duration.
   * 
   * @param duration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse before the timer
   *          expires.
   * @param info
   *          Application information to be delivered along with the timer
   *          expiration notification. This can be null.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If duration is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method fails due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createTimer(long duration, Serializable info)
      throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create a single-action timer that expires after a specified duration.
   * 
   * @param duration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse before the timer
   *          expires.
   * @param timerConfig
   *          Timer configuration.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If duration is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method fails due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createSingleActionTimer(long duration, TimerConfig timerConfig)
      throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create an interval timer whose first expiration occurs after a specified
   * duration, and whose subsequent expirations occur after a specified
   * interval.
   * 
   * @param initialDuration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse before the first timer
   *          expiration notification.
   * @param intervalDuration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse between timer
   *          expiration notifications. Expiration notifications are scheduled
   *          relative to the time of the first expiration. If expiration is
   *          delayed (e.g. due to the interleaving of other method calls on the
   *          bean) two or more expiration notifications may occur in close
   *          succession to "catch up".
   * @param info
   *          Application information to be delivered along with the timer
   *          expiration. This can be null.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If initialDuration is negative, or intervalDuration is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createTimer(long initialDuration, long intervalDuration,
      Serializable info) throws IllegalArgumentException,
      IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create an interval timer whose first expiration occurs after a specified
   * duration, and whose subsequent expirations occur after a specified
   * interval.
   * 
   * @param initialDuration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse before the first timer
   *          expiration notification.
   * @param intervalDuration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse between timer
   *          expiration notifications. Expiration notifications are scheduled
   *          relative to the time of the first expiration. If expiration is
   *          delayed (e.g. due to the interleaving of other method calls on the
   *          bean) two or more expiration notifications may occur in close
   *          succession to "catch up".
   * @param timerConfig
   *          Timer configuration.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If initialDuration is negative, or intervalDuration is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createIntervalTimer(long initialDuration, long intervalDuration,
      TimerConfig timerConfig) throws IllegalArgumentException,
      IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create a single-action timer that expires at a given point in time.
   * 
   * @param expiration
   *          The point in time at which the timer must expire.
   * @param info
   *          Application information to be delivered along with the timer
   *          expiration notification. This can be null.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If expiration is null, or expiration.getTime() is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createTimer(Date expiration, Serializable info)
      throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create a single-action timer that expires at a given point in time.
   * 
   * @param expiration
   *          The point in time at which the timer must expire.
   * @param timerConfig
   *          Timer configuration.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If expiration is null, or expiration.getTime() is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createSingleActionTimer(Date expiration, TimerConfig timerConfig)
      throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create an interval timer whose first expiration occurs at a given point in
   * time and whose subsequent expirations occur after a specified interval.
   * 
   * @param initialExpiration
   *          The point in time at which the first timer expiration must occur.
   * @param intervalDuration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse between timer
   *          expiration notifications. Expiration notifications are scheduled
   *          relative to the time of the first expiration. If expiration is
   *          delayed (e.g. due to the interleaving of other method calls on the
   *          bean) two or more expiration notifications may occur in close
   *          succession to "catch up".
   * @param info
   *          Application information to be delivered along with the timer
   *          expiration. This can be null.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If initialExpiration is null, or initialExpiration.getTime() is
   *           negative, or intervalDuration is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createTimer(Date initialExpiration, long intervalDuration,
      Serializable info) throws IllegalArgumentException,
      IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create an interval timer whose first expiration occurs at a given point in
   * time and whose subsequent expirations occur after a specified interval.
   * 
   * @param initialExpiration
   *          The point in time at which the first timer expiration must occur.
   * @param intervalDuration
   *          The number of milliseconds that must elapse between timer
   *          expiration notifications. Expiration notifications are scheduled
   *          relative to the time of the first expiration. If expiration is
   *          delayed (e.g. due to the interleaving of other method calls on the
   *          bean) two or more expiration notifications may occur in close
   *          succession to "catch up".
   * @param timerConfig
   *          Timer configuration.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If initialExpiration is null, or initialExpiration.getTime() is
   *           negative, or intervalDuration is negative.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createIntervalTimer(Date initialExpiration,
      long intervalDuration, TimerConfig timerConfig)
      throws IllegalArgumentException, IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create a calendar-based timer based on the input schedule expression.
   * 
   * @param schedule
   *          A schedule expression describing the timeouts for this timer.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If Schedule represents an invalid schedule expression.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createCalendarTimer(ScheduleExpression schedule)
    throws IllegalArgumentException,
    IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Create a calendar-based timer based on the input schedule expression.
   * 
   * @param schedule
   *          A schedule expression describing the timeouts for this timer.
   * @param timerConfig
   *          Timer configuration.
   * @return The newly created Timer.
   * @throws IllegalArgumentException
   *           If Schedule represents an invalid schedule expression.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Timer createCalendarTimer(ScheduleExpression schedule,
                                   TimerConfig timerConfig)
  throws IllegalArgumentException,
         IllegalStateException, EJBException;

  /**
   * Get all the active timers associated with this bean.
   * 
   * @return A collection of javax.ejb.Timer objects.
   * @throws IllegalStateException
   *           If this method is invoked while the instance is in a state that
   *           does not allow access to this method.
   * @throws EJBException
   *           If this method could not complete due to a system-level failure.
   */
  public Collection getTimers() throws IllegalStateException,
      EJBException;
}




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