WilmaService.java

package com.epam.wilma.common.helper;

/*==========================================================================
 Copyright 2013-2017 EPAM Systems

 This file is part of Wilma.

 Wilma 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 3 of the License, or
 (at your option) any later version.

 Wilma 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 Wilma.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
===========================================================================*/

/**
 * Interface for representing a service which can be stopped and started.
 * @author Adam_Csaba_Kiraly
 */
public interface WilmaService {

    /**
     * Starts the service on the same thread.
     */
    void start();

    /**
     * Stops the service (asynchronously).
     */
    void stop();
}