/*
* Copyright (C) 2008 Universidade Federal de Campina Grande
*
* This file is part of OurGrid.
*
* OurGrid is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
* terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
* Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
* any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License
* for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
*/
package org.ourgrid.common.job;
import java.io.Serializable;
import org.ourgrid.common.interfaces.Shutdownable;
/**
* A <code>JobCounter</code> is used by the <code>JobManager</code> class to
* determine how <code>Job</code> ids are set.
*
* @see SimpleJobManager
*
* Requirement 302
*/
public interface JobCounter extends Shutdownable, Serializable {
/**
* Gets the id of the next job.
*
* @return Id of the next job.
*/
public int nextJobId();
/**
* Returns the latest generated job id
*
* @return the latest generated job id
*/
public int getJobId();
}