ILifecycle (Net4j Utilities Documentation)

All Superinterfaces:

IDeactivateable, INotifier

All Known Subinterfaces:

IManagedContainer, IPluginContainer

All Known Implementing Classes:

Cache, CacheMonitor, ChallengeNegotiator, ChallengeResponseNegotiator, Container, DelegableReentrantLock, DelegatingRegistry, ExecutorWorkSerializer, FileUserManager, FiniteStateMachine, HashMapDelegatingRegistry, HashMapRegistry, HashMapRegistry.AutoCommit, Lifecycle, LifecycleHook, ManagedContainer, Negotiator, PriorityQueueRunner, QueueRunner, QueueRunner2, QueueWorker, QueueWorkerWorkSerializer, Randomizer, ReferenceMonitor, ReferenceQueueWorker, Registry, ResponseNegotiator, RollingLog, RWLockManager, RWOLockManager, SerializingExecutor, SetContainer, ShareableLifecycle, TimerLifecycle, UIQueueRunner, UserManager, UserManagerAuthenticator, Worker
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public interface ILifecycle
extends IDeactivateable, INotifier
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An entity that has a well-defined lifecycle and can be activated or deactivated.
A lifecycle can fire the following events:
- ILifecycleEvent before and after the state of this lifecycle changes.
Author:

Eike Stepper

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static interface ILifecycle.DeferrableActivation
A mix-in interface for lifecycles with deferrable activation.
- Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.eclipse.net4j.util.event.INotifier
  INotifier.INotifier2

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`activate()`
`java.lang.Exception`	`deactivate()`
`LifecycleState`	`getLifecycleState()`
`boolean`	`isActive()`

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.net4j.util.event.INotifier
addListener, getListeners, hasListeners, removeListener

- Method Detail
  - activate
```
void activate()
       throws LifecycleException
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    Throws:
    
    LifecycleException
  - deactivate
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java.lang.Exception deactivate()
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    Specified by:
    
    deactivate in interface IDeactivateable
  - getLifecycleState
```
LifecycleState getLifecycleState()
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    Since:
    
    3.0
  - isActive
```
boolean isActive()
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    Since:
    
    3.0