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package org.apache.tapestry5.ioc.services.cron;
/**
* Used with {@link PeriodicExecutor} to control the schedule for when jobs execute.
*/
public interface Schedule
{
/**
* For a newly created job, what is the start time for the job. Often, the current clock time is returned, to start
* a job as soon as possible.
*
* @return start time for new job, in system clock millis
*/
long firstExecution();
/**
* Computes the next execution time for a job.
*
* @param previousExecution time of previous execution (in system clock millis)
* @return time of next execution (in system clock millis) or a value <= 0 to cancel the job's execution
*/
long nextExecution(long previousExecution);
}