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1   /*
2    * $Id: Disposable.java 12269 2008-07-10 04:19:03Z dfeist $
3    * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesource.com
5    *
6    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
7    * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
8    * LICENSE.txt file.
9    */
10  
11  package org.mule.api.lifecycle;
12  
13  /**
14   * <code>Disposable</code> is a lifecycle interface that gets called at the dispose
15   * lifecycle stage of the implementing service as the service is being destroyed.
16   */
17  public interface Disposable
18  {
19      String PHASE_NAME = "dispose";
20      
21      /**
22       * A lifecycle method where implementor should free up any resources. If an
23       * exception is thrown it should just be logged and processing should continue.
24       * This method should not throw Runtime exceptions.
25       */
26      void dispose();
27  }