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+package org.springframework.batch.execution.bootstrap;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.core.configuration.NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
+import org.springframework.batch.repeat.ExitStatus;
+
+public interface SynchronousJobLauncher {
+
+	boolean isRunning();
+
+	ExitStatus run();
+
+	ExitStatus run(String jobName) throws NoSuchJobConfigurationException;
+
+	void stop();
+
+}