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1   /*
2    * Copyright (c) MuleSoft, Inc.  All rights reserved.  http://www.mulesoft.com
3    * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
4    * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
5    * LICENSE.txt file.
6    */
7   package org.mule.api.lifecycle;
8   
9   import org.mule.api.MuleException;
10  
11  /**
12   * <code>Startable</code> provides an object with a {@link #start()} method
13   * which gets called when the Mule instance gets started.  This is mostly used by
14   * infrastructure components, but can also be implemented by service objects.
15   *
16   * This lifecycle interface should always be implemented with its opposite lifecycle interface {@link org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable}.
17   *
18   * @see org.mule.api.lifecycle.Stoppable
19   *
20   */
21  public interface Startable
22  {
23      String PHASE_NAME = "start";
24  
25      void start() throws MuleException;
26  
27      /**
28       * Determines if this object is started or not
29       */
30      // TODO MULE-3969
31      //boolean isStarted();
32  }