JobManager.java

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*/
package org.jflicks.job;

/**
 * This is a high level class that returns a JobContainer for a Job instance.
 *
 * @author Doug Barnum
 * @version 1.0
 */
public final class JobManager {

    private JobManager() {
    }

    /**
     * Given a Job create a JobContainer that then can be controlled by the
     * user to start and stop the Job.
     *
     * @param j A given Job.
     * @return A JobContainer that can start the job.
     */
    public static JobContainer getJobContainer(Job j) {

        if (j != null) {

            return (new ThreadContainer(j));
        }

        return (null);
    }

    /**
     * Simple method to sleep.  The time is in milliseconds.
     *
     * @param l The number of milliseconds to sleep.
     */
    public static void sleep(long l) {

        try {

            Thread.sleep(l);

        } catch (Exception e) {
        }
    }

    /**
     * Interrupt the JobContainer NOW!
     *
     * @param jc A given JobContainer to interrupt.
     */
    public static void interrupt(JobContainer jc) {

        if (jc != null) {

            jc.interrupt();
        }
    }

}