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package org.exoplatform.commons.chromattic;
/**
* @author <a href="mailto:julien.viet@exoplatform.com">Julien Viet</a>
* @version $Revision$
* @param <V> the return type value
*/
public abstract class ContextualTask<V> {
/**
* Executes a task within a context from the specified life cycle. If an existing context already exists then this context
* is used otherwise a context is managed for the duration of the {@link #execute(SessionContext)} method.
*
* @param lifeCycle the life cycle
* @return a value
*/
public final V executeWith(ChromatticLifeCycle lifeCycle) {
SessionContext context = lifeCycle.getContext(true);
if (context == null) {
context = lifeCycle.openContext();
try {
return execute(context);
} finally {
lifeCycle.closeContext(true);
}
} else {
return execute(context);
}
}
/**
* Implementor must provide the task logic here.
*
* @param context the context
* @return a value
*/
protected abstract V execute(SessionContext context);
}