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package org.springframework.batch.core.step.tasklet;

import org.springframework.batch.core.launch.JobOperator;

/**
 * An extension to the {@link Tasklet} interface to allow users to
 * add logic for stopping a tasklet.  It is up to each implementation
 * as to how the stop will behave.  The only guarantee provided by the
 * framework is that a call to {@link JobOperator#stop(long)} will
 * attempt to call the stop method on any currently running
 * StoppableTasklet.
 *
 * @author Will Schipp
 * @since 3.0
 */
public interface StoppableTasklet extends Tasklet {

	/**
	 * Used to signal that the job this {@link Tasklet} is executing
	 * within has been requested to stop.
	 */
	void stop();
}
