+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2007-2012 Mathieu Baudier
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
package org.argeo.security;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
-
-import org.springframework.core.task.TaskExecutor;
+import java.util.concurrent.Future;
/**
* Allows to execute code authenticated as a system user (that is not a real
* person). The {@link Executor} interface interface is not used directly in
* order to allow future extension of this interface and to simplify its
- * publication (e.g. as an OSGi service) and interception. Support for Spring's
- * {@link TaskExecutor} will be dropped when upgrading to Spring 3, since it is
- * only to ensure compatibility with versions of Java before 1.5.
+ * publication (e.g. as an OSGi service) and interception.
*/
-public interface SystemExecutionService extends Executor, TaskExecutor {
+public interface SystemExecutionService extends Executor {
/**
- * Executes this Runnable within a system authenticated context.
+ * Executes this {@link Runnable} within a system authenticated context.
* Implementations should make sure that this method is properly secured via
* Java permissions since it could access to everything without credentials.
*/
public void execute(Runnable runnable);
+
+ /**
+ * Executes this {@link Callable} within a system authenticated context.
+ * Implementations should make sure that this method is properly secured via
+ * Java permissions since it could access to everything without credentials.
+ */
+ public <T> Future<T> submit(Callable<T> task);
}