/**
* Copyright 2010 JBoss Inc
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/
/**
*
*/
package org.drools.concurrent;
import java.io.Externalizable;
/**
* This class instance is configed by the RuleBaseConfiguration and is responsible for thread management
* of the async services.
*
*/
public interface ExecutorService extends Externalizable {
/**
* The CommandExecutor is a producer/consumer style class that handles the queue and execution
* of the async actions
* @param executor
*/
public void setCommandExecutor(CommandExecutor executor);
/**
* Submit a command for execution, adds it ot the commandExecutor's queue
* @param command
* @return
*/
Future submit(Command command);
/**
* Shutdown this ExecutorService
*
*/
void shutDown();
/**
* Startup this ExecutorService, typically called on first submit for lazy startup.
*
*/
void startUp();
}