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1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 2003, Inversoft
3  *
4  * This software is distribuable under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
5  * For more information visit gnu.org.
6  */
7 package com.inversoft.verge.repository;
8
9
10 import javax.servlet.ServletException JavaDoc;
11
12
13 /**
14  * This interface should be implemented by classes that are going
15  * to be used as services of the web application. Services differ
16  * from beans in that certain methods are called during their life
17  * time. All those methods are members of this interface
18  *
19  * @author Brian Pontarelli
20  */
21 public interface Service {
22
23     /**
24      * This method is called by the application when the service is created
25      * so that the service can initialize itself.
26      *
27      * @throws ServletException If any errors occur during initialization
28      */
29     public void init() throws ServletException JavaDoc;
30
31     /**
32      * This method is called by the application when the service is being
33      * remove from service.
34      *
35      * @throws ServletException If any errors occurred during destruction
36      */
37     public void destroy() throws ServletException JavaDoc;
38 }
39
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