Package org.glassfish.api.deployment

Interface ApplicationContainer<T>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AppClientServerApplication, ConfigApplicationContainer, ConnectorApplication, DummyApplication, EjbApplication, FaultToleranceApplicationContainer, GenericApplicationContainer, GrizzlyApp, HealthApplicationContainer, JPApplicationContainer, JwtAuthApplicationContainer, MetricsApplicationContainer, MetroDeployer.MetroApplicationContainer, MicroProfileApplicationContainer, OpenApiApplicationContainer, OSGiDeployedBundle, ResourcesApplication, WebApplication, WebServicesApplication, WeldApplicationContainer

public interface ApplicationContainer<T>

Interface to an application container. mainly used to start and stop the application.

Author:

Jerome Dochez

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
ClassLoader	getClassLoader()	Returns the class loader associated with this application
T	getDescriptor()	Returns the deployment descriptor associated with this application
default void	initialize()	Initialize the container post-startup of Hazelcast Used for EJB timers right now
default boolean	reload(ApplicationContext context)	Reloads an application container.
boolean	resume()	Resumes this application container.
boolean	start(ApplicationContext startupContext)	Starts an application container.
boolean	stop(ApplicationContext stopContext)
boolean	suspend()	Suspends this application container.

Method Detail

getDescriptor

T getDescriptor()

Returns the deployment descriptor associated with this application

Returns:

deployment descriptor if they exist or null if not

initialize

default void initialize()

Initialize the container post-startup of Hazelcast Used for EJB timers right now

start

boolean start(ApplicationContext startupContext)
       throws Exception

Starts an application container. ContractProvider starting should not throw an exception but rather should use their prefered Logger instance to log any issue they encounter while starting. Returning false from a start mean that the container failed to start

Parameters:

startupContext - the start up context

Returns:

true if the container startup was successful.

Throws:

Exception - if this application container could not be started

reload

default boolean reload(ApplicationContext context)
                throws Exception

Reloads an application container.

Parameters:

context - the context

Returns:

true if the container reload was successful.

Throws:

Exception - if this application container could not be reloaded

stop

boolean stop(ApplicationContext stopContext)

suspend

boolean suspend()

Suspends this application container.

Returns:

true if suspending was successful, false otherwise.

resume

boolean resume()
        throws Exception

Resumes this application container.

Returns:

true if resumption was successful, false otherwise

Throws:

Exception - if this application container could not be resumed

getClassLoader

ClassLoader getClassLoader()

Returns the class loader associated with this application

Returns:

ClassLoader for this app