org.springframework.integration.scheduling
Interface Trigger

All Known Implementing Classes:

CronTrigger, IntervalTrigger

public interface Trigger

A strategy for providing the next time a task should run.

Author:

Mark Fisher

Method Summary

java.util.Date

getNextRunTime(java.util.Date lastScheduledRunTime, java.util.Date lastCompleteTime) Returns the next time that a task should run or null if the task should not run again.

Method Detail

getNextRunTime

java.util.Date getNextRunTime(java.util.Date lastScheduledRunTime,
                              java.util.Date lastCompleteTime)

Returns the next time that a task should run or null if the task should not run again.

Parameters:

lastScheduledRunTime - last time the relevant task was scheduled to run, or null if it has never been scheduled

lastCompleteTime - last time the relevant task finished or null if it did not run to completion

Returns:

next time that a task should run