org.jclouds.lifecycle
Interface LifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseLifeCycle

public interface LifeCycle

// TODO: Adrian: Document this!

Author:

Adrian Cole

Nested Class Summary

static class

LifeCycle.Status States that are possible for a component.

Method Summary

Exception	getException()
LifeCycle.Status	getStatus()
void	shutdown() Requests shutdown of the component.
void	shutdown(long waitMs) Requests shutdown, but will only wait @link waitms milliseconds
void	start() Asynchronously starts the component

Method Detail

getStatus

LifeCycle.Status getStatus()

Returns:

the current state of the component;

getException

Exception getException()

Returns:

Exception or null, if there are no fatal Exceptions encountered in the lifecycle of this component.

start

@PostConstruct
void start()

Asynchronously starts the component

shutdown

@PreDestroy
void shutdown()

Requests shutdown of the component.

shutdown

void shutdown(long waitMs)

Requests shutdown, but will only wait @link waitms milliseconds

Parameters:

waitMs - maximum time to wait in milliseconds