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package org.apache.uima.collection.metadata;

/**
 * An object that holds configuration that is part of the CPE descriptor. Provides the means of
 * defining and obtaining configuration for CasProcessors deployed locally, ie same machine as CPE
 * but different process.
 * <p>
 * Its basic functionality is inherited from
 * {@link org.apache.uima.collection.metadata.CpeCasProcessor}
 * 
 * 
 */
public interface CpeLocalCasProcessor extends CpeCasProcessor {
  /**
   * Returns true if the local Cas Processor is a java program
   * 
   * @return true if java program, false otherwise
   */
  public boolean isJava() throws CpeDescriptorException;

  /**
   * Defines if this Cas Processor is a java program
   * 
   * @param aJava -
   *          true if java, false otherwise
   */
  public void setIsJava(boolean aJava) throws CpeDescriptorException;

  /**
   * Defines the name of a program to run when launching this Cas Processor. A program can be a java
   * exec, a shell script, or any program that can run in a separate process.
   * 
   * @param aCasProcessorExecutable -
   *          name of a program
   * 
   * @throws CpeDescriptorException tbd
   */
  public void setExecutable(String aCasProcessorExecutable) throws CpeDescriptorException;

  /**
   * Returns a name of a program to use when launching this CasProcessor
   * 
   * @return the name of the program to execute
   * @throws CpeDescriptorException tbd
   */
  public String getExecutable() throws CpeDescriptorException;

  public void addExecEnv(String aEnvParamName, String aEnvParamValue) throws CpeDescriptorException;

  public void addExecArg(String aArgValue) throws CpeDescriptorException;

  public void setRunInSeperateProcess(CasProcessorRunInSeperateProcess aSepProcess)
          throws CpeDescriptorException;

  public CasProcessorRunInSeperateProcess getRunInSeperateProcess() throws CpeDescriptorException;

}
