1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support;
17
18 /**
19 * Interface for exiting the JVM. This abstraction is only
20 * useful in order to allow classes that make System.exit calls
21 * to be testable, since calling System.exit during a unit
22 * test would cause the entire jvm to finish.
23 *
24 * @author Lucas Ward
25 *
26 */
27 public interface SystemExiter {
28
29 /**
30 * Terminate the currently running Java Virtual Machine.
31 *
32 * @param status exit status.
33 * @throws SecurityException
34 * if a security manager exists and its <code>checkExit</code>
35 * method doesn't allow exit with the specified status.
36 * @see System#exit(int)
37 */
38 void exit(int status);
39 }