//----------------------------BEGIN LICENSE----------------------------
/* 
 * Willow : the Open Source WorkFlow Project
 * Distributable under GNU LGPL license by gun.org
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2010  huihoo.org 
 * Copyright (C) 2004-2010  ZosaTapo <dertyang@hotmail.com> 
 * 
 * ====================================================================
 * Project Homepage : http://www.huihoo.org/willow
 * Source Forge     : http://sourceforge.net/projects/huihoo
 * Mailing list     : willow@lists.sourceforge.net 
 */
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package org.huihoo.willow;

/**
 * Common interface for component life cycle methods.  Catalina components
 * may, but are not required to, implement this interface (as well as the
 * appropriate interface(s) for the functionality they support) in order to
 * provide a consistent mechanism to start and stop the component.
 */

public interface Lifecycle {


    // ----------------------------------------------------- Manifest TypeConstants


    /**
     * The LifecycleEvent type for the "component start" event.
     */
    public static final String START_EVENT = "start";


    /**
     * The LifecycleEvent type for the "component before start" event.
     */
    public static final String BEFORE_START_EVENT = "before_start";


    /**
     * The LifecycleEvent type for the "component after start" event.
     */
    public static final String AFTER_START_EVENT = "after_start";


    /**
     * The LifecycleEvent type for the "component stop" event.
     */
    public static final String STOP_EVENT = "stop";


    /**
     * The LifecycleEvent type for the "component before stop" event.
     */
    public static final String BEFORE_STOP_EVENT = "before_stop";


    /**
     * The LifecycleEvent type for the "component after stop" event.
     */
    public static final String AFTER_STOP_EVENT = "after_stop";


    // --------------------------------------------------------- Public Methods


    /**
     * Add a LifecycleEvent listener to this component.
     *
     * @param listener The listener to add
     */
    public void addLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener);


    /**
     * Get the lifecycle listeners associated with this lifecycle. If this 
     * Lifecycle has no listeners registered, a zero-length array is returned.
     */
    public LifecycleListener[] findLifecycleListeners();


    /**
     * Remove a LifecycleEvent listener from this component.
     *
     * @param listener The listener to remove
     */
    public void removeLifecycleListener(LifecycleListener listener);


    /**
     * Prepare for the beginning of active use of the public methods of this
     * component.  This method should be called before any of the public
     * methods of this component are utilized.  It should also send a
     * LifecycleEvent of type START_EVENT to any registered listeners.
     *
     * @exception LifecycleException if this component detects a fatal error
     *  that prevents this component from being used
     */
    public void start() throws LifecycleException;


    /**
     * Gracefully terminate the active use of the public methods of this
     * component.  This method should be the last one called on a given
     * instance of this component.  It should also send a LifecycleEvent
     * of type STOP_EVENT to any registered listeners.
     *
     * @exception LifecycleException if this component detects a fatal error
     *  that needs to be reported
     */
    public void stop() throws LifecycleException;


}
