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package org.activiti.engine.impl.asyncexecutor;

import org.activiti.bpmn.model.TimerEventDefinition;
import org.activiti.engine.ProcessEngine;
import org.activiti.engine.api.internal.Internal;
import org.activiti.engine.impl.cfg.ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl;
import org.activiti.engine.impl.persistence.entity.*;
import org.activiti.engine.runtime.Job;

/**
 * Contains methods that are not tied to any specific job type (async, timer, suspended or deadletter),
 * but which are generally applicable or are about going from one type to another.
 */
@Internal
public interface JobManager {
  
  /**
   * Execute a job, which means that the logic (async logic, timer that fires, etc)
   * is executed, typically by a background thread of an executor.
   */
  void execute(Job job);
  
  /**
   * Unacquires a job, meaning that this job was previously locked, and 
   * it is now freed to be acquired by other executor nodes. 
   */
  void unacquire(Job job);

  /**
   * Creates an async job for the provided {@link ExecutionEntity}, so that
   * it can be continued later in a background thread. 
   */
  JobEntity createAsyncJob(ExecutionEntity execution, boolean exclusive);

  /**
   * Schedules and async job. If the {@link AsyncExecutor} is running, it 
   * can be executed immediately after the transaction. Otherwise it can
   * be picked up by other executors.
   */
  void scheduleAsyncJob(JobEntity job);

  /**
   * Creates a {@link TimerJobEntity} based on the current {@link ExecutionEntity} and the 
   * configuration in the {@link TimerEventDefinition}. 
   */
  TimerJobEntity createTimerJob(TimerEventDefinition timerEventDefinition, boolean interrupting, ExecutionEntity execution, String timerEventType, String jobHandlerConfiguration);

  /**
   * Schedules a timer, meaning it will be inserted in the datastore.
   */
  void scheduleTimerJob(TimerJobEntity timerJob);

  /**
   * Moves a {@link TimerJobEntity} to become an async {@link JobEntity}. 
   * 
   * This happens for example when the due date of a timer is reached, 
   * the timer entity then becomes a 'regular' async job that can be 
   * picked up by the {@link AsyncExecutor}.
   */
  JobEntity moveTimerJobToExecutableJob(TimerJobEntity timerJob);

  /**
   * Moves an {@link AbstractJobEntity} to become a {@link TimerJobEntity}.
   * 
   * This happens for example when an async job is executed and fails.
   * It then becomes a timer, as it needs to be retried later.
   */
  TimerJobEntity moveJobToTimerJob(AbstractJobEntity job);

  /**
   * Moves an {@link AbstractJobEntity} to become a {@link SuspendedJobEntity},
   * such that the {@link AsyncExecutor} won't pick it up anymore for execution.
   */
  SuspendedJobEntity moveJobToSuspendedJob(AbstractJobEntity job);

  /**
   * Transforms a {@link SuspendedJobEntity} back to an {@link AbstractJobEntity}
   * (i.e. to what it was originally). The job will now again be able to
   * picked up by the {@link AsyncExecutor}. 
   */
  AbstractJobEntity activateSuspendedJob(SuspendedJobEntity job);

  /**
   * Transforms an {@link AbstractJobEntity} to a {@link DeadLetterJobEntity}.
   * This means that the job has been tried a configurable amount of times,
   * but kept failing.
   */
  DeadLetterJobEntity moveJobToDeadLetterJob(AbstractJobEntity job);
  
  /**
   * Transforms a {@link DeadLetterJobEntity} to a {@link JobEntity}, thus
   * making it executable again. Note that a 'retries' parameter needs to be passed,
   * as the job got into the deadletter table because of it failed and retries became 0.
   */
  JobEntity moveDeadLetterJobToExecutableJob(DeadLetterJobEntity deadLetterJobEntity, int retries);
  
  /**
   * The ProcessEngineCongiguration instance will be passed when the {@link ProcessEngine} is built.
   */
  void setProcessEngineConfiguration(ProcessEngineConfigurationImpl processEngineConfiguration);

}




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