001    /*
002     * Copyright 2011 The Kuali Foundation.
003     * 
004     * Licensed under the Educational Community License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     * 
008     * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ecl2.php
009     * 
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.kuali.kfs.gl.batch.service;
017    
018    import java.util.Date;
019    
020    /**
021     * Sometimes it is necessary to rerun a GL process on the following day if the previous night's GL batch processes failed. This
022     * service facilitates the re-running of GL batch processes by allowing the GL processes to assume that the GL processes are being
023     * run the night before
024     */
025    public interface RunDateService {
026        /**
027         * Returns the assumed runtime given the actual execution time.
028         * 
029         * @param executionDate the actual date that this method is called
030         * @return the run date/time to assume when running the GL processes
031         */
032        public Date calculateRunDate(Date executionDate);
033    }