AbstractStatefulJob.java

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package org.rhq.enterprise.server.scheduler.jobs;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.quartz.JobExecutionContext;
import org.quartz.JobExecutionException;
import org.quartz.StatefulJob;

/**
 * Provides a wrapper around Quartz stateful job.  Implementations of this
 * job will never trigger a misfire because the execute method will never
 * throw exceptions back to Quartz.
 * 
 * Jobs extending this class are assured by Quartz to never run concurrently within the cluster.
 * 
 * @author John Mazzitelli
 */
public abstract class AbstractStatefulJob implements StatefulJob {
    private final static Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(AbstractStatefulJob.class);

    /**
     * Quartz will call this method when it needs to execute the job. This
     * is simply a wrapper around the subclass' implementation code, catching
     * and logging all exceptions (but not throwing those exceptions back to Quartz).
     * 
     * @see StatefulJob#execute(JobExecutionContext)
     */
    public void execute(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException {
        try {
            executeJobCode(context);
        } catch (Throwable t) {
            LOG.error("Failed to execute job [" + this.getClass().getSimpleName() + "]", t);
        }
    }

    /**
     * Subclasses should implement this method to perform the actual job.
     * @param context
     * @throws JobExecutionException
     */
    abstract public void executeJobCode(JobExecutionContext context) throws JobExecutionException;
}