/*
JTestServer is a client/server framework for testing any JVM implementation.
Copyright (C) 2008 Fabien DUMINY (fduminy@jnode.org)
JTestServer 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 2
of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
JTestServer 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
package org.jtestserver.client.process;
import java.io.IOException;
/**
* Interface with the process that manages a VM life cycle.
*
* @author Fabien DUMINY (fduminy@jnode.org)
*
*/
public interface ServerProcess {
/**
* Start the VM.
* @throws IOException
*/
void start() throws IOException;
/**
* Stop the VM.
* @throws IOException
*/
void stop() throws IOException;
/**
* Checks if the VM is alive.
* @return true if the VM is alive.
* @throws IOException
*/
boolean isAlive() throws IOException;
}