<?php
/**
* ownCloud
*
* @author Jakob Sack
* @copyright 2012 Jakob Sack owncloud@jakobsack.de
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
* version 3 of the License, or any later version.
*
* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
* GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
* License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*
*/

/**
 * Public interface of ownCloud forbackground jobs.
 */

// use OCP namespace for all classes that are considered public.
// This means that they should be used by apps instead of the internal ownCloud classes
namespace OCP;

/**
 * This class provides functions to register backgroundjobs in ownCloud
 *
 * To create a new backgroundjob create a new class that inharits from either \OC\BackgroundJob\Job,
 * \OC\BackgroundJob\QueuedJob or \OC\BackgroundJob\TimedJob and register it using
 * \OCP\BackgroundJob->registerJob($job, $argument), $argument will be passed to the run() function
 * of the job when the job is executed.
 *
 * A regular Job will be executed every time cron.php is run, a QueuedJob will only run once and a TimedJob
 * will only run at a specific interval which is to be specified in the constructor of the job by calling
 * $this->setInterval($interval) with $interval in seconds.
 */
class BackgroundJob {
	/**
	 * @brief get the execution type of background jobs
	 * @return string
	 *
	 * This method returns the type how background jobs are executed. If the user
	 * did not select something, the type is ajax.
	 */
	public static function getExecutionType() {
		return \OC_BackgroundJob::getExecutionType();
	}

	/**
	 * @brief sets the background jobs execution type
	 * @param string $type execution type
	 * @return boolean
	 *
	 * This method sets the execution type of the background jobs. Possible types
	 * are "none", "ajax", "webcron", "cron"
	 */
	public static function setExecutionType( $type ) {
		return \OC_BackgroundJob::setExecutionType( $type );
	}

	/**
	 * @param \OC\BackgroundJob\Job|string $job
	 * @param mixed $argument
	 */
	public static function registerJob($job, $argument = null){
		$jobList = new \OC\BackgroundJob\JobList();
		$jobList->add($job, $argument);
	}
}