Package com.aspectran.core.util.lifecycle

Interface LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLifeCycle, StopLifeCycle, TowServer

public interface LifeCycle

The lifecycle interface for generic components.

Classes implementing this interface have a defined life cycle defined by the methods of this interface.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	LifeCycle.Listener	A listener for Lifecycle events.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.lang.String	FAILED
static java.lang.String	RUNNING
static java.lang.String	STARTED
static java.lang.String	STARTING
static java.lang.String	STOPPED
static java.lang.String	STOPPING

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addLifeCycleListener(LifeCycle.Listener listener)
boolean	isFailed()
boolean	isRunning()
boolean	isStarted()
boolean	isStarting()
boolean	isStopped()
boolean	isStopping()
void	removeLifeCycleListener(LifeCycle.Listener listener)
void	start()	Starts the component.
static void	start(java.lang.Object object)	Utility to start an object if it is a LifeCycle and to convert any exception thrown to a RuntimeException.
void	stop()	Stops the component.
static void	stop(java.lang.Object object)	Utility to stop an object if it is a LifeCycle and to convert any exception thrown to a RuntimeException.

Field Detail

STOPPED

static final java.lang.String STOPPED

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Constant Field Values

FAILED

static final java.lang.String FAILED

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Constant Field Values

STARTING

static final java.lang.String STARTING

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Constant Field Values

STARTED

static final java.lang.String STARTED

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Constant Field Values

STOPPING

static final java.lang.String STOPPING

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Constant Field Values

RUNNING

static final java.lang.String RUNNING

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

start

void start()
    throws java.lang.Exception

Starts the component.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - If the component fails to start

See Also:

isStarted(), stop(), isFailed()

stop

void stop()
   throws java.lang.Exception

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

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - If the component fails to stop

See Also:

isStopped(), start(), isFailed()

isRunning

boolean isRunning()

Returns:

true if the component is starting or has been started

isStarted

boolean isStarted()

Returns:

true if the component has been started.

See Also:

start(), isStarting()

isStarting

boolean isStarting()

Returns:

true if the component is starting

See Also:

isStarted()

isStopping

boolean isStopping()

Returns:

true if the component is stopping

See Also:

isStopped()

isStopped

boolean isStopped()

Returns:

true if the component has been stopped

See Also:

stop(), isStopping()

isFailed

boolean isFailed()

Returns:

true if the component has failed to start or has failed to stop

addLifeCycleListener

void addLifeCycleListener(LifeCycle.Listener listener)

removeLifeCycleListener

void removeLifeCycleListener(LifeCycle.Listener listener)

start

static void start(java.lang.Object object)

Utility to start an object if it is a LifeCycle and to convert any exception thrown to a RuntimeException.

Parameters:

object - the instance to start.

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the call to start throws an exception

stop

static void stop(java.lang.Object object)

Utility to stop an object if it is a LifeCycle and to convert any exception thrown to a RuntimeException.

Parameters:

object - the instance to stop.

Throws:

java.lang.RuntimeException - if the call to stop throws an exception