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 }