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/*
 * Copyright 2012 International Business Machines Corp.
 * 
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 * Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
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package com.ibm.jbatch.spi.services;

/*
 * The ExecutorService provides the capability to run tasks asynchronously.
 * The instances of the Executor service are not managed by the ServicesManager cache
 * each invocation of ServicesManager.getExecutorService() returns a new instance of this 
 * service. The caller is responsible for shutting down the service when work is completed
 * 
 */
public interface IBatchThreadPoolService extends IBatchServiceBase {

    /**
     * (Required) Runs the given task. A task is usually short lived
     * 
     * @param work
     *            The task to execute
     * @param config
     *            Optional configuration to customize the execution. The
     *            Container always passes a null value. Typically used when
     *            other user plugins wish to use the ExecutorService to execute
     *            tasks.
     */

    public void executeTask(Runnable work, Object config);

    /**
     * Runs the given task. A task is usually short lived
     * 
     * @param work
     *            The task to execute
     * @param config
     *            Optional configuration to customize the execution. The
     *            Container always passes a null value. Typically used when
     *            other user plugins wish to use the ExecutorService to execute
     *            tasks.
     */

    public ParallelTaskResult executeParallelTask(Runnable work, Object config);


}