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package org.openbp.server.handler;

import org.openbp.core.CoreConstants;

/**
 * Generic handler.
 * This class defines a hook for any kind of custom code, e. g. activity or event handlers.
 *
 * @author Heiko Erhardt
 */
public interface Handler
	extends CoreConstants
{
	/**
	 * Executes the handler.
	 * Implement this method to execute the business logic of the activity.
	 *
	 * @param hc Handler context that contains execution parameters
	 * @return true if the handler handled the event, false to apply the default handling to the event
	 * @throws Exception Any exception that may occur during execution of the handler will be
	 * propagated to an exception handler if defined or abort the process execution otherwise.
	 */
	public boolean execute(HandlerContext hc)
		throws Exception;
}