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package org.quartz.spi;
import java.util.Date;
import org.quartz.SchedulerConfigException;
import org.quartz.SchedulerException;
/**
* NOTE: TimeBroker is not currently used in the Quartz code base.
*
*
* The interface to be implemented by classes that want to provide a mechanism
* by which the {@link org.quartz.core.QuartzScheduler} can
* reliably determine the current time.
*
*
*
* In general, the default implementation of this interface ({@link org.quartz.simpl.SimpleTimeBroker}-
* which simply uses System.getCurrentTimeMillis() )is
* sufficient. However situations may exist where this default scheme is
* lacking in its robustness - especially when Quartz is used in a clustered
* configuration. For example, if one or more of the machines in the cluster
* has a system time that varies by more than a few seconds from the clocks on
* the other systems in the cluster, scheduling confusion will result.
*
*
* @see org.quartz.core.QuartzScheduler
* @deprecated TimeBroker is not currently used in the Quartz code base.
* @author James House
*/
public interface TimeBroker {
/*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
* Interface.
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*/
/**
*
* Get the current time, as known by the TimeBroker.
*
*
* @throws SchedulerException
* with the error code set to
* SchedulerException.ERR_TIME_BROKER_FAILURE
*/
Date getCurrentTime() throws SchedulerException;
/**
*
* Called by the QuartzScheduler before the TimeBroker is
* used, in order to give the it a chance to initialize.
*
*/
void initialize() throws SchedulerConfigException;
/**
*
* Called by the QuartzScheduler to inform the TimeBroker
* that it should free up all of it's resources because the scheduler is
* shutting down.
*
*/
void shutdown();
}