org.springframework.batch.core

Interface Job

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractJob, FlowJob, GroupAwareJob, JsrFlowJob, SimpleJob

public interface Job

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

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	execute(JobExecution execution) Run the JobExecution and update the meta information like status and statistics as necessary.
JobParametersIncrementer	getJobParametersIncrementer() If clients need to generate new parameters for the next execution in a sequence they can use this incrementer.
JobParametersValidator	getJobParametersValidator() A validator for the job parameters of a JobExecution.
java.lang.String	getName()
boolean	isRestartable() Flag to indicate if this job can be restarted, at least in principle.

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

isRestartable

boolean isRestartable()

Flag to indicate if this job can be restarted, at least in principle.

Returns:

true if this job can be restarted after a failure

execute

void execute(JobExecution execution)

Run the 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 JobExecution status to determine success or failure.

Parameters:

execution - a JobExecution

getJobParametersIncrementer

JobParametersIncrementer getJobParametersIncrementer()

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.

Returns:

in incrementer to be used for creating new parameters

getJobParametersValidator

JobParametersValidator getJobParametersValidator()

A validator for the job parameters of a JobExecution. Clients of a Job may need to validate the parameters for a launch, before or during the execution.

Returns:

a validator that can be used to check parameter values (never null)