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16 package javax.xml.rpc.server;
17
18 import javax.xml.rpc.ServiceException JavaDoc;
19
20 /**
21  * The <code>javax.xml.rpc.server.ServiceLifecycle</code> defines a lifecycle interface for a
22  * JAX-RPC service endpoint. If the service endpoint class implements the
23  * <code>ServiceLifeycle</code> interface, the servlet container based JAX-RPC runtime system
24  * is required to manage the lifecycle of the corresponding service endpoint objects.
25  *
26  * @version 1.0
27  */

28 public interface ServiceLifecycle {
29
30     /**
31      * Used for initialization of a service endpoint. After a service
32      * endpoint instance (an instance of a service endpoint class) is
33      * instantiated, the JAX-RPC runtime system invokes the
34      * <code>init</code> method. The service endpoint class uses the
35      * <code>init</code> method to initialize its configuration
36      * and setup access to any external resources. The context parameter
37      * in the <code>init</code> method enables the endpoint instance to
38      * access the endpoint context provided by the underlying JAX-RPC
39      * runtime system.
40      * <p>
41      * The init method implementation should typecast the context
42      * parameter to an appropriate Java type. For service endpoints
43      * deployed on a servlet container based JAX-RPC runtime system,
44      * the <code>context</code> parameter is of the Java type
45      * <code>javax.xml.rpc.server.ServletEndpointContext</code>. The
46      * <code>ServletEndpointContext</code> provides an endpoint context
47      * maintained by the underlying servlet container based JAX-RPC
48      * runtime system
49      * <p>
50      * @param context Endpoint context for a JAX-RPC service endpoint
51      * @throws ServiceException If any error in initialization of the service endpoint; or if any
52      * illegal context has been provided in the init method
53      */

54     public abstract void init(Object JavaDoc context) throws ServiceException JavaDoc;
55
56     /**
57      * JAX-RPC runtime system ends the lifecycle of a service endpoint instance by
58      * invoking the destroy method. The service endpoint releases its resources in
59      * the implementation of the destroy method.
60      */

61     public abstract void destroy();
62 }
63
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