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package org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.spi;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import org.jboss.as.ejb3.timerservice.TimerImpl;
/**
* An implementation can invoke the ejbTimeout method on a TimedObject.
* <p/>
* The TimedObjectInvoker has knowledge of the TimedObjectId, it
* knows which object to invoke.
*
* @author Thomas.Diesler@jboss.org
* @author <a href="mailto:cdewolf@redhat.com">Carlo de Wolf</a>
*/
public interface TimedObjectInvoker {
/**
* The globally unique identifier for this timed object invoker.
*
* @return the identifier
*/
String getTimedObjectId();
/**
* Invokes the ejbTimeout method on the TimedObject with the given id.
*
* @param timer the Timer that is passed to ejbTimeout
*/
void callTimeout(TimerImpl timer) throws Exception;
/**
* Responsible for invoking the timeout method on the target object.
* <p/>
* <p>
* The timerservice implementation invokes this method as a callback when a timeout occurs for the passed
* <code>timer</code>. The timerservice implementation will be responsible for passing the correct
* timeout method corresponding to the <code>timer</code> on which the timeout has occurred.
* </p>
*
* @param timer the Timer that is passed to ejbTimeout
* @param timeoutMethod The timeout method
*/
void callTimeout(TimerImpl timer, Method timeoutMethod) throws Exception;
/**
* @return The class loader that should be used to load restore any timers for this object
*/
ClassLoader getClassLoader();
}