org.mortbay.util
Interface LifeCycle

All Known Subinterfaces:

HttpHandler, HttpListener, LogSink, RequestLog, Service, SessionManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHttpHandler, AbstractService, AbstractSessionManager, AJP13Listener, Container, Holder, HttpContext, HttpServer, LifeCycleThread, NCSARequestLog, NullLogSink, OutputStreamLogSink, Pool, ResourceCache, ServletHandler, SocketChannelListener, SocketListener, ThreadPool

public interface LifeCycle

A component LifeCycle. Represents the life cycle interface for an abstract software component.

Version:

$Id: LifeCycle.java,v 1.5 2004/05/09 20:32:49 gregwilkins Exp $

Author:

Greg Wilkins (gregw)

Method Summary

boolean	isStarted()
void	start() Start the LifeCycle.
void	stop() Stop the LifeCycle.

Method Detail

start

public void start()
           throws java.lang.Exception

Start the LifeCycle.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - An arbitrary exception may be thrown.

stop

public void stop()
          throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Stop the LifeCycle. The LifeCycle may wait for current activities to complete normally, but it can be interrupted.

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException - Stopping a lifecycle is rarely atomic and may be interrupted by another thread. If this happens InterruptedException is throw and the component will be in an indeterminant state and should probably be discarded.

isStarted

public boolean isStarted()

Returns:

True if the LifeCycle has been started.