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/**
 * Contains the code for the Directory Server backend that provides an interface
 * for executing administrative tasks.  A task is a set of user-defined code
 * that may be executed either immediately or at a given time in the future by
 * adding an entry within the "cn=tasks" branch.  The attributes of that entry
 * may serve as arguments that can customize the operation of that task.
 * <BR><BR>
 * Recurring tasks may be used to perform an operation at regular intervals.
 * Task groups may define a set of tasks that should be executed in sequential
 * order, and may be executed as a recurring task.  The order of individual
 * scheduled tasks may be controlled by defining dependencies between those
 * tasks, but a task group must be used to achieve the same result for recurring
 * tasks.
 */
@org.opends.server.types.PublicAPI(
     stability=org.opends.server.types.StabilityLevel.PRIVATE)
package org.opends.server.backends.task;