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package org.libreoffice.report;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * This allows some simple job control. A job can be interrupted (or if it has
 * not yet been started, canceled), and the job status can be queried (scheduled,
 * running, finished).
 *
 * <table summary="Job status values" border="1">
 * <tr>
 * <th>JobStatus</th><th>running</th><th>finished</th>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td>Scheduled</td><td>false</td><td>false</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td>Running</td><td>true</td><td>false</td>
 * </tr>
 * <tr>
 * <td>Finished</td><td>false</td><td>true</td>
 * </tr>
 * </table>
 *
 */
public interface ReportJob
{

    /**
     * Although we might want to run the job as soon as it has been
     * created, sometimes it is wiser to let the user add some listeners
     * first. If we execute at once, the user either has to deal with
     * threading code or wont receive any progress information in single
     * threaded environments.
     * @throws java.io.IOException
     * @throws ReportExecutionException
     */
    void execute()
            throws ReportExecutionException, IOException;

}