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 }