1 /*
2 * $Id: Disposable.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 /**
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 }