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* IronJacamar, a Java EE Connector Architecture implementation
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package org.ironjacamar.core.spi.workmanager.policy;
import org.ironjacamar.core.api.workmanager.DistributedWorkManager;
import javax.resource.spi.work.DistributableWork;
/**
* The policy interface defines how the distributed work manager to
* decide to distribute the work instance to another node.
*
* The work instance may contain a DistributableWorkContext which may
* provide additional information
*/
public interface Policy
{
/**
* Should a distribution of the work happen
* @param dwm The invoking distributed work manager
* @param work The work instance
* @return True, if the work should be distributed; otherwise false
*/
public boolean shouldDistribute(DistributedWorkManager dwm, DistributableWork work);
}