/*
* IronJacamar, a Java EE Connector Architecture implementation
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*
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*/
package javax.resource.spi.work;
import java.io.Serializable;
/**
* This class serves as a standard mechanism for a resource adapter to propagate
* an imported context from an enterprise information system to an application
* server.
*
* <p> A <code>Work</code> instance, that implements the
* <code>WorkContextProvider</code>, could provide a
* <code>List</code> of these <code>WorkContext</code> instances
* (through the getWorkContexts() method), and have them setup as the
* execution context by the <code>WorkManager</code> when the
* <code>Work</code> instance gets executed.
*
* The resource adapter must not make any changes to the state of the
* <code>WorkContext</code> after the <code>Work</code> instance corresponding
* to that <code>WorkContext</code> has been submitted to the <code>WorkManager</code>.
*
* @since 1.6
* @version Java EE Connector Architecture 1.6
*/
public interface WorkContext extends Serializable
{
/**
* Get the associated name of the <code>WorkContext</code>. This could
* be used by the WorkManager and the resource adapter for debugging
* purposes.
* <p>
*
* @return the associated name of the <code>WorkContext</code>
*/
String getName();
/**
* Get the brief description of the role played by the
* <code>WorkContext</code> and any other related debugging information.
* This could be used by the WorkManager and the resource adapter for
* debugging purposes.
* <p>
*
* @return the associated description of the <code>WorkContext</code>
*/
String getDescription();
}