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package org.quartz;
/**
*
* The interface to be implemented by classes which represent a 'job' to be
* performed.
*
*
*
* Instances of Job must have a public
* no-argument constructor.
*
*
*
* JobDataMap provides a mechanism for 'instance member data'
* that may be required by some implementations of this interface.
*
*
* @see JobDetail
* @see StatefulJob
* @see Trigger
* @see Scheduler
*
* @author James House
*/
public interface Job {
/*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*
* Interface.
*
* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
*/
/**
*
* Called by the {@link Scheduler} when a {@link Trigger}
* fires that is associated with the Job.
*
*
*
* The implementation may wish to set a
* {@link JobExecutionContext#setResult(Object) result} object on the
* {@link JobExecutionContext} before this method exits. The result itself
* is meaningless to Quartz, but may be informative to
* {@link JobListener}s or
* {@link TriggerListener}s that are watching the job's
* execution.
*
*
* @throws JobExecutionException
* if there is an exception while executing the job.
*/
void execute(JobExecutionContext context)
throws JobExecutionException;
}