org.oddjob.state

Interface State

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClientDestroyed, JobState, ParentState, ServiceState, TaskState, TimerState

public interface State
extends Serializable

The state of a Stateful job. Oddjob uses the set of conditions of a state to decide what actions to allow and also what state to reflect up the hierarchy.

Author:

rob

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isComplete() Is a job or service complete?
boolean	isDestroyed() The job is destroyed.
boolean	isException() Is a job in an exception state.
boolean	isExecuting() Is the job executing.
boolean	isIncomplete() Is a job or service incomplete.
boolean	isReady() Is a job ready to be executed.
boolean	isStoppable() Can a job be stopped? This is a catch all for jobs that are active or executing.

Method Detail

isReady

boolean isReady()

Is a job ready to be executed.

Returns:

true/false.

isExecuting

boolean isExecuting()

Is the job executing. This is normally when the thread of execution is still within the job.

Returns:

true/false.

isStoppable

boolean isStoppable()

Can a job be stopped? This is a catch all for jobs that are active or executing.

Returns:

true/false.

isComplete

boolean isComplete()

Is a job or service complete?

Returns:

true/false.

isIncomplete

boolean isIncomplete()

Is a job or service incomplete. The implication of incomplete is that it could be retried to be complete at some future date.

Returns:

true/false.

isException

boolean isException()

Is a job in an exception state. This is generally due to an unexpected error, as opposed to incomplete which in some way is expected.

Returns:

true/false.

isDestroyed

boolean isDestroyed()

The job is destroyed. It is no longer available for anything.

Returns:

true/false.