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package org.springframework.batch.core.job.flow;

import org.springframework.batch.core.JobExecution;
import org.springframework.batch.core.JobInterruptedException;
import org.springframework.batch.core.StartLimitExceededException;
import org.springframework.batch.core.Step;
import org.springframework.batch.core.StepExecution;
import org.springframework.batch.core.repository.JobRestartException;

/**
 * Context and execution strategy for {@link FlowJob} to allow it to delegate
 * its execution step by step.
 * 
 * @author Dave Syer
 * 
 */
public interface FlowExecutor {

	/**
	 * @param step a {@link Step} to execute
	 * @return the exit status that drives the surrounding {@link Flow}
	 * @throws StartLimitExceededException
	 * @throws JobRestartException
	 * @throws JobInterruptedException
	 */
	String executeStep(Step step) throws JobInterruptedException, JobRestartException, StartLimitExceededException;

	/**
	 * @return the current {@link JobExecution}
	 */
	JobExecution getJobExecution();

	/**
	 * @return the latest {@link StepExecution} or null if there is none
	 */
	StepExecution getStepExecution();

	/**
	 * Chance to clean up resources at the end of a flow (whether it completed
	 * successfully or not).
	 * 
	 * @param result the final {@link FlowExecution}
	 */
	void close(FlowExecution result);

	/**
	 * Handle any status changes that might be needed at the start of a state.
	 */
	void abandonStepExecution();

	/**
	 * Handle any status changes that might be needed in the
	 * {@link JobExecution}.
	 */
	void updateJobExecutionStatus(FlowExecutionStatus status);

	/**
	 * @return true if the flow is at the beginning of a restart
	 */
	boolean isRestart();

	/**
	 * @param code the label for the exit status when a flow or sub-flow ends
	 */
	void addExitStatus(String code);

}
