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| |
| package org.apache.oodt.cas.resource.structs; |
| |
| import org.apache.oodt.cas.resource.structs.exceptions.JobInputException; |
| |
| /** |
| * @author woollard |
| * @version $Revision$ |
| * |
| * <p> |
| * A job interface: the thing that actually performs the work. |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| public interface JobInstance { |
| |
| /** |
| * Executes the underlying code for this job. |
| * |
| * @param in |
| * The Job's input. |
| * |
| * @return true if the job execution was successful, false otherwise. |
| * @throws JobInputException |
| * If there was an error handling the {@link JobInput}. |
| */ |
| boolean execute(JobInput in) throws JobInputException; |
| } |
