1 /* 2 * $Id: Container.java 5462 2005-08-05 18:35:48Z jonesde $ 3 * 4 * Copyright (c) 2003 The Open For Business Project - www.ofbiz.org 5 * 6 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 7 * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), 8 * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation 9 * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, 10 * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the 11 * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 12 * 13 * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included 14 * in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 15 * 16 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS 17 * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 18 * MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 19 * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY 20 * CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT 21 * OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR 22 * THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 23 * 24 */ 25 package org.ofbiz.base.container; 26 27 /** 28 * Container - Interface for containers 29 * 30 * @author <a HREF="mailto:jaz@ofbiz.org">Andy Zeneski</a> 31 *@version $Rev: 5462 $ 32 * @since 3.0 33 */ 34 public interface Container { 35 36 /** Initialize the container 37 * 38 * @param args args from calling class 39 * @param configFile Location of master OFBiz configuration file 40 * @throws ContainerException 41 */ 42 public void init(String[] args, String configFile) throws ContainerException; 43 44 /** 45 * Start the container 46 * 47 * @return true if server started 48 * @throws ContainerException 49 */ 50 public boolean start() throws ContainerException; 51 52 /** 53 * Stop the container 54 * 55 * @throws ContainerException 56 */ 57 public void stop() throws ContainerException; 58 } 59