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002 * Copyright 2006-2007 the original author or authors.
003 *
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016package org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support;
017
018/**
019 * Interface for exiting the JVM.  This abstraction is only
020 * useful in order to allow classes that make System.exit calls
021 * to be testable, since calling System.exit during a unit 
022 * test would cause the entire jvm to finish.
023 * 
024 * @author Lucas Ward
025 *
026 */
027public interface SystemExiter {
028
029        /**
030         * Terminate the currently running Java Virtual Machine.
031         * 
032         * @param status exit status.
033         * @throws SecurityException
034         *              if a security manager exists and its <code>checkExit</code>
035     *          method doesn't allow exit with the specified status.
036     * @see System#exit(int)
037         */
038        void exit(int status);
039}