io.micronaut.context

Interface LifeCycle<T extends LifeCycle>

Type Parameters:

T - The type

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Subinterfaces:

ApplicationContext, ApplicationContextLifeCycle<T>, BeanContext, EmbeddedApplication<T>, EmbeddedServer, Environment, HttpClient, RxHttpClient, RxStreamingHttpClient, StreamingHttpClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultApplicationContext, DefaultBeanContext, DefaultEnvironment, DefaultHttpClient, DefaultWatchThread, MacOsWatchThread, MessagingApplication, NettyHttpServer, RefreshScope

public interface LifeCycle<T extends LifeCycle>
extends Closeable, AutoCloseable

A life cycle interface providing a start method and extending Closeable which provides a close() method for termination.

Components can implement this interface

Since:

1.0

Author:

Graeme Rocher

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	close() Delegates to stop().
boolean	isRunning()
default T	refresh() Refreshes the current life cycle object.
default T	start() Starts the lifecyle component.
default T	stop() Stops the life cycle component.

Method Detail

isRunning

boolean isRunning()

Returns:

Whether the component is running

start

@Nonnull
default T start()

Starts the lifecyle component.

Returns:

This lifecycle component

stop

@Nonnull
default T stop()

Stops the life cycle component.

Returns:

This lifecycle component

close

default void close()

Delegates to stop().

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable

refresh

@Nonnull
default T refresh()

Refreshes the current life cycle object. Effectively this calls stop() followed by start().

Returns:

This lifecycle component