01: /*
02: The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License Version 1.1
03: (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the
04: License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
05:
06: Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
07: WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
08: for the specific language governing rights and
09: limitations under the License.
10:
11: The Original Code is "The Columba Project"
12:
13: The Initial Developers of the Original Code are Frederik Dietz and Timo Stich.
14: Portions created by Frederik Dietz and Timo Stich are Copyright (C) 2003.
15:
16: All Rights Reserved.
17: */
18: package org.columba.core.scripting.service.api;
19:
20: import org.columba.api.plugin.IExtensionInterface;
21:
22: /**
23: * IColumbaService is the interface that all services should implement
24: *
25: * @author Celso Pinto (cpinto@yimports.com)
26: */
27: public interface IColumbaService extends IExtensionInterface {
28:
29: /**
30: * Initializes the service
31: *
32: * @return true if service is initialized correctly, false otherwise
33: */
34: public boolean initService();
35:
36: /**
37: * Perform necessary tasks to start the service
38: */
39: public void startService();
40:
41: /**
42: * Perform necessary tasks to stop the service
43: */
44: public void stopService();
45:
46: /**
47: * Allows the service to dispose of any acquired resources
48: */
49: public void disposeService();
50: }
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