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package javax.batch.api;
import javax.batch.runtime.StepExecution;
/**
* Decider determines batch exit status and to influence
* sequencing between steps, splits, and flows in a Job XML.
* The decider returns a String value which becomes the exit
* status value on which the decision chooses the next transition.
*
* @param specifies the type of the transient data in the
* batch context.
*/
public interface Decider {
/**
* The decide method receives control during job processing to
* set exit status between a step, split, or flow. The return
* value updates the current job execution's exit status. This
* decide method signature with an array of StepExecution input
* receives control following a split. The array contains a
* StepExecution from the last step to execute in each flow of
* the split.
* @param executions specifies the StepExecutions of the preceding
* steps.
* @return updated job exit status
* @throws Exception is thrown if an error occurs.
*/
public String decide(StepExecution[] executions) throws Exception;
}