SystemExiter.java

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package org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support;

/**
 * Interface for exiting the JVM.  This abstraction is only
 * useful in order to allow classes that make System.exit calls
 * to be testable, since calling System.exit during a unit 
 * test would cause the entire jvm to finish.
 * 
 * @author Lucas Ward
 *
 */
public interface SystemExiter {

	/**
	 * Terminate the currently running Java Virtual Machine.
	 * 
	 * @param status exit status.
	 * @throws SecurityException
	 * 		if a security manager exists and its <code>checkExit</code>
     *        	method doesn't allow exit with the specified status.
     * @see System#exit(int)
	 */
	void exit(int status);
}