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package javax.xml.rpc.server;
import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException;
/**
* The <code>javax.xml.rpc.server.ServiceLifecycle</code> defines a lifecycle interface for a
* JAX-RPC service endpoint. If the service endpoint class implements the
* <code>ServiceLifeycle</code> interface, the servlet container based JAX-RPC runtime system
* is required to manage the lifecycle of the corresponding service endpoint objects.
*
* @version $Rev$ $Date$
*/
public interface ServiceLifecycle {
/**
* Used for initialization of a service endpoint. After a service
* endpoint instance (an instance of a service endpoint class) is
* instantiated, the JAX-RPC runtime system invokes the
* <code>init</code> method. The service endpoint class uses the
* <code>init</code> method to initialize its configuration
* and setup access to any external resources. The context parameter
* in the <code>init</code> method enables the endpoint instance to
* access the endpoint context provided by the underlying JAX-RPC
* runtime system.
* <p>
* The init method implementation should typecast the context
* parameter to an appropriate Java type. For service endpoints
* deployed on a servlet container based JAX-RPC runtime system,
* the <code>context</code> parameter is of the Java type
* <code>javax.xml.rpc.server.ServletEndpointContext</code>. The
* <code>ServletEndpointContext</code> provides an endpoint context
* maintained by the underlying servlet container based JAX-RPC
* runtime system
* <p>
* @param context Endpoint context for a JAX-RPC service endpoint
* @throws ServiceException If any error in initialization of the service endpoint; or if any
* illegal context has been provided in the init method
*/
public abstract void init(Object context) throws ServiceException;
/**
* JAX-RPC runtime system ends the lifecycle of a service endpoint instance by
* invoking the destroy method. The service endpoint releases its resources in
* the implementation of the destroy method.
*/
public abstract void destroy();
}