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package org.springframework.batch.core.configuration;

import org.springframework.batch.core.Job;
import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.NoSuchJobException;

/**
 * A runtime service locator interface for retrieving job configurations by
 * <code>name</code>.
 * 
 * @author Dave Syer
 * 
 */
public interface JobLocator {

	/**
	 * Locates a {@link Job} at runtime.
	 * 
	 * @param name the name of the {@link Job} which should be
	 * unique
	 * @return a {@link Job} identified by the given name
	 * 
	 * @throws NoSuchJobException if the required configuration can
	 * not be found.
	 */
	Job getJob(String name) throws NoSuchJobException;
}
