WorkExecutorPool.java

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package org.apache.geronimo.connector.work.pool;

import javax.resource.spi.work.WorkException;

import org.apache.geronimo.connector.work.WorkerContext;
import EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent.Executor;

/**
 * Defines the operations that a pool in charge of the execution of Work
 * instances must expose.
 *
 * @version $Rev$ $Date$
 */
public interface WorkExecutorPool extends Executor {

    /**
     * Gets the current number of active threads in the pool.
     *
     * @return Number of active threads in the pool.
     */
    public int getPoolSize();

    /**
     * Gets the maximum number of threads to simultaneously execute.
     *
     * @return Maximum size.
     */
    public int getMaximumPoolSize();

    /**
     * Sets the maximum number of threads to simultaneously execute.
     *
     * @param aSize Maximum size.
     */
    public void setMaximumPoolSize(int aSize);

    public WorkExecutorPool start();

    public WorkExecutorPool stop();

}