SchedulingMgmtService.java

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 * Copyright (C) 2008 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved.                            *
 * http://esper.codehaus.org                                                          *
 * http://www.espertech.com                                                           *
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package com.espertech.esper.schedule;

/**
 * Interface for a service that allocated schedule buckets for statements,
 * for controlling timer callback orders.
 */
public interface SchedulingMgmtService
{
    /**
     * Returns a bucket from which slots can be allocated for ordering concurrent callbacks.
     * @return bucket
     */
    public ScheduleBucket allocateBucket();

    /**
     * Destroy the service.
     */
    public void destroy();
}