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+package at.gv.egovernment.moa.id.process.api;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates data needed for or provided by task execution.
+ * 
+ * @author tknall
+ * 
+ */
+public interface ExecutionContext extends Serializable {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the identifier of underlying process instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The identifier of the process instance.
+	 */
+	String getProcessInstanceId();
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the identifier of underlying process instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @param processInstanceId
+	 *            The identifier of the process instance.
+	 */
+	void setProcessInstanceId(String processInstanceId);
+
+	/**
+	 * Stores a serializable object using {@code key}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param key
+	 *            The key under that the {@code object} should be stored.
+	 * @param object The object to be stored.
+	 */
+	void put(String key, Serializable object);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an serializable object stored within this process context using {@code key}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param key
+	 *            The key that has been used to store the serializable object (may be {@code null}).
+	 * @return The object or {@code null} in case the key does not relate to a stored object or the stored object itself
+	 *         was {@code null}.
+	 */
+	Serializable get(String key);
+	
+	/**
+	 * Removes the object stored using {@code key}.
+	 * @param key
+	 *            The key that has been used to store the serializable object (may be {@code null}).
+	 * @return The object that has been removed or {@code null} there was no object stored using {@code key}.
+	 */
+	Serializable remove(String key);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an unmodifiable set containing the stored keys.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The keyset (never {@code null}).
+	 */
+	Set<String> keySet();
+
+}