#ifndef ___XRD_JOB_H___
#define ___XRD_JOB_H___
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/*                             X r d J o b . h h                              */
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#include <cstdlib>
#include <cstring>
#include <strings.h>
#include <ctime>
  
// The XrdJob class is a super-class that is inherited by any class that needs
// to schedule work on behalf of itself. The XrdJob class is optimized for
// queue processing since that's where it spends a lot of time. This class
// should not be depedent on any other class.

class XrdJob
{
friend class XrdScheduler;
public:
XrdJob    *NextJob;   // -> Next job in the queue (zero if last)
const char *Comment;   // -> Description of work for debugging (static!)

virtual void  DoIt() = 0;

              XrdJob(const char *desc="")
                    {Comment = desc; NextJob = 0; SchedTime = 0;}
virtual      ~XrdJob() {}

private:
time_t      SchedTime; // -> Time job is to be scheduled
};
#endif