001    /**
002     *
003     * Copyright 2006 The Apache Software Foundation
004     *
005     *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
006     *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
007     *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
008     *
009     *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
010     *
011     *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
012     *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
013     *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
014     *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
015     *  limitations under the License.
016     */
017    
018    //
019    // This source code implements specifications defined by the BEA and IBM.
020    // For more information, see:
021    //    http://dev2dev.bea.com/technologies/commonj/index.jsp
022    // or
023    //    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-commonj-sdowmt
024    //
025    // In order to remain compliant with the specification
026    // DO NOT add / change / or delete method signatures!
027    //
028    
029    package commonj.work;
030    
031    import java.util.Collection;
032    
033    /**
034     * @version $Rev: 46019 $ $Date: 2004-09-14 05:56:06 -0400 (Tue, 14 Sep 2004) $
035     */
036    public interface WorkManager {
037    
038        static final long IMMEDIATE = 0;
039        static final long INDEFINITE = java.lang.Long.MAX_VALUE;
040    
041        WorkItem schedule(Work work) throws WorkException, IllegalArgumentException;
042    
043        WorkItem schedule(Work work, WorkListener listener) throws WorkException, IllegalArgumentException;
044    
045        boolean waitForAll(Collection workItems, long timeout) 
046            throws InterruptedException, IllegalArgumentException;
047    
048        Collection waitForAny(Collection workItems, long timeout) 
049            throws InterruptedException, IllegalArgumentException;
050    
051    }