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"""
.. moduleauthor:: Paula Popa <paula.popa@codemart.ro>
"""

from abc import abstractmethod


class BackendClient(object):
    """
    Interface for a backend client that runs operations asynchronously on a specific environment
    """

    @staticmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def execute(operation_id, user_name_label, adapter_instance):
        """
        Start operation asynchronously
        """

    @staticmethod
    @abstractmethod
    def stop_operation(operation_id):
        """
        Stop the thread for a given operation id
        """
        return True
