mirrormap.lifecycle
Interface ILifeCycle

All Superinterfaces:

IDestroyable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IConnectionEndPoint

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractLifeCycle, SelectorTasks, TcpConnectionEndPoint, TcpServer

public interface ILifeCycle
extends IDestroyable

An object that has a life-cycle:

 created -> active -> destroyed
 

When the object is created it is inactive. The start() method activates it. The IDestroyable.destroy() method destroys it.

Author:

Ramon Servadei

Method Summary

boolean	isActive() Determine if this life-cycle object is active.
void	start() Activate (start) this object.

Methods inherited from interface mirrormap.lifecycle.IDestroyable

destroy

Method Detail

start

void start()

Activate (start) this object. This allocates system resources required for the object to operate. This operation is idempotent.

This method may throw a RuntimeException if it fails to activate the object.

isActive

boolean isActive()

Determine if this life-cycle object is active.

Returns:

true if the object is active