Package org.glassfish.api.deployment

Interface ApplicationContainer<T>

  • public interface ApplicationContainer<T>
    Interface to an application container. mainly used to start and stop the application.
    Author:
    Jerome Dochez

    • Method Detail

      • getDescriptor

        T getDescriptor()
        Returns the deployment descriptor associated with this application
        Returns:
        deployment descriptor if they exist or null if not

      • 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

      • stop

        boolean stop​(ApplicationContext stopContext)
        Stop the application container
        Parameters:
        stopContext -
        Returns:
        true if stopping was successful.

      • 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