diff --git a/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/flow/support/State.java b/spring-batch-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/core/job/flow/support/State.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package org.springframework.batch.core.job.flow.support;
-
-import org.springframework.batch.core.job.flow.FlowExecution;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.job.flow.FlowExecutionStatus;
-import org.springframework.batch.core.job.flow.FlowExecutor;
-
-
-/**
- * @author Dave Syer
- * 
- */
-public interface State {
-
-	/**
-	 * The name of the state. Should be unique within a flow.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the name of this state
-	 */
-	String getName();
-
-	/**
-	 * Handle some business or processing logic and return a status that can be
-	 * used to drive a flow to the next {@link State}. The status can be any
-	 * string, but special meaning is assigned to the static constants in
-	 * {@link FlowExecution}. The context can be used by implementations to do
-	 * whatever they need to do. The same context will be passed to all
-	 * {@link State} instances, so implementations should be careful that the
-	 * context is thread safe, or used in a thread safe manner.
-	 * 
-	 * @param executor the context passed in by the caller
-	 * @return a {@link FlowExecutionStatus} for the execution
-	 * @throws Exception if anything goes wrong
-	 */
-	FlowExecutionStatus handle(FlowExecutor executor) throws Exception;
-
-}