SignalHandler.java

/*
 * Copyright 1998-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 *
 * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
 * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation.  Sun designates this
 * particular file as subject to the "Classpath" exception as provided
 * by Sun in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code.
 *
 * This code 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
 * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
 * accompanied this code).
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
 * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
 * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 *
 * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
 * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
 * have any questions.
 */

package sun.misc;

/**
 * This is the signal handler interface expected in <code>Signal.handle</code>.
 *
 * @author   Sheng Liang
 * @author   Bill Shannon
 * @see      sun.misc.Signal
 * @since    1.2
 */

public interface SignalHandler {

    /**
     * The default signal handler
     */
    public static final SignalHandler SIG_DFL = new NativeSignalHandler(0);
    /**
     * Ignore the signal
     */
    public static final SignalHandler SIG_IGN = new NativeSignalHandler(1);

    /**
     * Handle the given signal
     *
     * @param sig a signal object
     */
    public void handle(Signal sig);
}