de.danet.an.workflow.api
Interface Batch

All Known Implementing Classes:

MethodInvocationBatch, SimpleApplicationDirectoryLookup

public interface Batch

This interface must be implemented by classes that can be run as batch.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Nested Class Summary

static interface

Batch.Context This interface specifies a simple contract between a batch and its execution environment.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

execute(Batch.Context ctx) Execute the batch.

Method Detail

execute

public java.lang.Object execute(Batch.Context ctx)
                         throws java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException

Execute the batch.

Parameters:

ctx - the execution context

Returns:

the result as defined by the implementing class

Throws:

java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException - wraps exceptions as defined by the implementing class