Overview (Norconex JEF 4.1.3 API)

Packages
Package	Description
com.norconex.jef4	Generic classes not belonging to any specific package.
com.norconex.jef4.exec	Utility classes related to process/code execution.
com.norconex.jef4.job	Job-related classes.
com.norconex.jef4.job.group	Classes related to the grouping of jobs.
com.norconex.jef4.log	Classes related to logging.
com.norconex.jef4.mail	Optional package containing convenient classes for sending simple email notifications.
com.norconex.jef4.status	Job-status related classes.
com.norconex.jef4.suite	Classes related to a job suite.

This library constitutes the Norconex Java Execution Framework.

Simple steps to get started:

Create one or more jobs (com.norconex.jef.job.IJob) to accomplish the required tasks.
If you have more than one job, assemble/group them together using one or a combination of com.norconex.jef.group.AsyncJobGroup and com.norconex.jef.group.SyncJobGroup.
Create and configure a job suite (com.norconex.jef.suite.JobSuite) with your created jobs (it is recommended you use com.norconex.jef.suite.IJobSuiteFactory for the suite creation process).
Run your job suite by passing it to com.norconex.jef.suite.JobSuite#execute().

The creation of a job suite may look like this:

    public class MyJobSuiteFactory implements IJobSuiteFactory {
    
        public JobSuite createJobSuite() {
            IJob rootJob = new AsyncJobGroup("asyncGroupSample", new IJob[] {
                    new MyJobA(),
                    new SyncJobGroup("syncGroupSample", new IJob[] {
                            new MyJobB(),
                            new MyJobC()
                    }),    
                    new MyJobD(),
                    new MyJobE()),
            });
            JobSuite suite = new JobSuite(rootJob);
            
            // add any listners/handlers to the suite

            return suite;
        }
    }

In the end, launching a job suite may look like this:

    IJobSuiteFactory factory = new MyJobSuiteFactory();
    JobSuite suite = factory.createJobSuite();
    suite.execute();