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1   /*
2    * $Id: Startable.java 19191 2010-08-25 21:05:23Z tcarlson $
3    * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4    * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.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  import org.mule.api.MuleException;
14  
15  /**
16   * <code>Startable</code> provides an object with a {@link #start()} method
17   * which gets called when the Mule instance gets started.  This is mostly used by
18   * infrastructure components, but can also be implemented by service objects.
19   *
20   * This lifecycle interface should always be implemented with its opposite lifecycle interface {@link org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable}.
21   *
22   * @see org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable
23   *
24   */
25  public interface Startable
26  {
27      String PHASE_NAME = "start";
28  
29      void start() throws MuleException;
30  
31      /**
32       * Determines if this object is started or not
33       */
34      // TODO MULE-3969
35      //boolean isStarted();
36  }