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package eu.dnetlib.enabling.tools.blackboard;
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/**
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* Helpers for the blackboard protocol client.
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*
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* @author marko
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public interface BlackboardClientHandler extends BlackboardHandler {
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/**
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* Create a new job.
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* @param serviceId service identifier
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* @return newly created blackboard job
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*/
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BlackboardJob newJob(String serviceId);
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/**
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* Assign a blackboard job to a service.
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*
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* @param job blackboard job to send
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void assign(BlackboardJob job);
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/**
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* The client can delete the job after it has reached a final state
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* or the job timeout has expired.
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* @param job blackboard job to delete.
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void delete(BlackboardJob job);
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}
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