src/main/java/org/apache/commons/exec/launcher/CommandLauncher.java

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package org.apache.commons.exec.launcher;

import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.commons.exec.CommandLine;

/**
 * Interface to shield the caller from the various platform-dependent
 * implementations.
 *
 */
public interface CommandLauncher {

    /**
     * Launches the given command in a new process.
     * 
     * @param cmd
     *            The command to execute
     * @param env
     *            The environment for the new process. If null, the environment
     *            of the current process is used.
     * 
     * @return the newly created process
     * @throws IOException
     *             if attempting to run a command in a specific directory
     */
    Process exec(final CommandLine cmd, final Map<String, String> env)
            throws IOException;

    /**
     * Launches the given command in a new process, in the given working
     * directory.
     * 
     * @param cmd
     *            The command to execute
     * @param env
     *            The environment for the new process. If null, the environment
     *            of the current process is used.
     * @param workingDir
     *            The directory to start the command in. If null, the current
     *            directory is used
     *
     * @return the newly created process
     * @throws IOException
     *             if trying to change directory
     */
    Process exec(final CommandLine cmd, final Map<String, String> env,
            final File workingDir) throws IOException;


    /**
     * Checks whether {@code exitValue} signals a failure on the current
     * system (OS specific).
     * <p>
     * <b>Note</b> that this method relies on the conventions of the OS, it
     * will return false results if the application you are running doesn't
     * follow these conventions. One notable exception is the Java VM provided
     * by HP for OpenVMS - it will return 0 if successful (like on any other
     * platform), but this signals a failure on OpenVMS. So if you execute a new
     * Java VM on OpenVMS, you cannot trust this method.
     * </p>
     *
     * @param exitValue the exit value (return code) to be checked
     * @return {@code true} if {@code exitValue} signals a failure
     */
    boolean isFailure(final int exitValue);
}