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 * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
 * LICENSE.txt file.
 */
package org.mule.runtime.core.api.source.scheduler;

import org.mule.runtime.extension.api.annotation.Alias;

import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;

/**
 * Strategy used by the {@link org.mule.runtime.api.scheduler.Scheduler} for executing jobs.
 *
 * @since 4.0
 */
@Alias("scheduling-strategy")
public interface Scheduler {

  /**
   * Schedules a job.
   *
   * @param executor the corresponding {@link org.mule.runtime.api.scheduler.Scheduler} instance.
   * @param job The {@link Runnable} job that has to be executed.
   * @return the newly scheduled job.
   * @throws NullPointerException In case the scheduled job handler is null.
   */
  ScheduledFuture<?> schedule(org.mule.runtime.api.scheduler.Scheduler executor, Runnable job);
}
