package gnu.dtools.ritopt;
/**
* Implementors are capable of being stopped. This interface is used
* by the StreamPrinters in the SimpleProcess class so that it if an
* error has occurred.
*
* <hr>
*
* <pre>
* Copyright (C) Damian Ryan Eads, 2001. All Rights Reserved.
*
* ritopt is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
* ritopt is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with ritopt; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
* </pre>
*
* @author Damian Eads
*/
public interface Stoppable {
/**
* Stop the implemetor from performing some sort of processing.
*/
public void stop();
/**
* Returns whether the implementor has stopped.
*
* @return A boolean value.
*/
public boolean isStopped();
}