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package org.springframework.batch.core;
/**
* Batch domain object representing a job. Job is an explicit abstraction
* representing the configuration of a job specified by a developer. It should
* be noted that restart policy is applied to the job as a whole and not to a
* step.
*
* @author Dave Syer
*
*/
public interface Job {
String getName();
/**
* Flag to indicate if this job can be restarted, at least in principle.
*
* @return true if this job can be restarted after a failure
*/
boolean isRestartable();
/**
* Run the {@link JobExecution} and update the meta information like status
* and statistics as necessary. This method should not throw any exceptions
* for failed execution. Clients should be careful to inspect the
* {@link JobExecution} status to determine success or failure.
*
* @param execution a {@link JobExecution}
*/
void execute(JobExecution execution);
/**
* If clients need to generate new parameters for the next execution in a
* sequence they can use this incrementer. The return value may be null, in
* the case that this job does not have a natural sequence.
*
* @return in incrementer to be used for creating new parameters
*/
JobParametersIncrementer getJobParametersIncrementer();
}