Lifecycle.java

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package org.ant4eclipse.lib.core;

/**
 * This interface must be implemented by services that are aware of a Lifecycle.
 */
public interface Lifecycle {

  /**
   * Returns <code>true</code> if the supplied service already has been initialised.
   * 
   * @return <code>true</code> <=> The service already has been initialised.
   */
  boolean isInitialized();

  /**
   * Initializes this service.
   */
  void initialize();

  /**
   * Marks this service instance as disposable which means that it's no longer used by application code thus allowing to
   * perform some cleanup operations here.
   */
  void dispose();

} /* ENDINTERFACE */