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package org.apache.cloudstack.poll;

public interface BackgroundPollManager {
    /**
     * Submits a background poll task that need to run continuously in the background
     * to poll external resources, update states, trigger actions etc.
     * Tasks must be submitted by a manager in configure-phase, the list of submitted tasks
     * are then submitted to the internal executor service during start-phase.
     * @param task periodic background task
     * @since 4.11
     */
    void submitTask(final BackgroundPollTask task);
}
