/* Copyright 2013 The jeo project. All rights reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package io.jeo.data; import java.io.Closeable; import java.io.IOException; /** * Interface for objects that should be closed after usage. * <p> * Such objects typically hold onto resources such as file handles, database connections, etc.. * </p> * <p> * This interface extends from {@link Closeable} but overrides the {@link #close()} to ensure * no IOException is thrown. * </p> * @author Justin Deoliveira, OpenGeo * */ public interface Disposable extends Closeable { /** * Disposes the object. * <p> * Unlike {@link Closeable#close()} this method does not throw {@link IOException} and * implementations must ensure no exceptions are thrown from this method. * </p> * <p> * Application code must always be sure to call this method on any implementing class. * Implementing classes should handle multiple calls to this method. * </p> */ void close(); }