org.kepler.job

Class JobFactory

java.lang.Object

org.kepler.job.JobFactory

public class JobFactory
extends java.lang.Object

This class provides a factory to store Job objects. The reference to a job is with a String id. This class should be used in Kepler actors instead of the Job class directly, so that job id's can be sent along.

Author:

Norbert Podhorszki

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static JobFactory	instance

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static java.lang.String	create() Create a new job object.
protected static java.lang.String	createUniqueKey(int jobIDCounter)
static Job	get(java.lang.String jobID) Return an existing job.
static boolean	remove(java.lang.String jobID) Remove an existing job.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

instance

public static final JobFactory instance

Method Detail

create

public static java.lang.String create()

Create a new job object.

Returns:

the unique ID for the job. Use method getJob() to get the Job object itself.

get

public static Job get(java.lang.String jobID)

Return an existing job.

Returns:

the existing job or null.

remove

public static boolean remove(java.lang.String jobID)

Remove an existing job.

Returns:

true if such job existed, false otherwise

createUniqueKey

protected static java.lang.String createUniqueKey(int jobIDCounter)