pyrasun.eio.services
Class AbstractEmberService

java.lang.Object
  pyrasun.eio.services.AbstractEmberService

All Implemented Interfaces:

EmberService

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteArrayClientService, ByteArrayServerService, ObjectClientService, ObjectServerService, TelnetService

public abstract class AbstractEmberService

extends java.lang.Object

implements EmberService

Abstract implementation of an Ember Service - makes life slightly easier.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface pyrasun.eio.services.EmberService

RUNNING, STOPPED

Constructor Summary

AbstractEmberService()

AbstractEmberService(java.lang.String name, boolean isStoppable, boolean failureOK)

Method Summary

boolean	failureOK() If true, a failure of this service should not be considered fatal.
EmberServiceController	getController() Returns the context of the larger container which controls this service.
java.lang.String	getName() Return the name of the service
int	getState() Return the current state of the service
boolean	isStoppable() If true, this service can be stopped and restarted.
void	setController(EmberServiceController context) Defines the context of the larger container which controls this service.
abstract void	start() Start the service.
abstract void	stop() Stop the service.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

AbstractEmberService

public AbstractEmberService()

AbstractEmberService

public AbstractEmberService(java.lang.String name,
                            boolean isStoppable,
                            boolean failureOK)

Method Detail

setController

public void setController(EmberServiceController context)

Defines the context of the larger container which controls this service.

Specified by:

setController in interface EmberService

getController

public EmberServiceController getController()

Returns the context of the larger container which controls this service.

Specified by:

getController in interface EmberService

start

public abstract void start()
                    throws EmberServiceException

Start the service.

Specified by:

start in interface EmberService

Throws:

ServiceException - if the service fails to start, or is already running

EmberServiceException

stop

public abstract void stop()
                   throws EmberServiceException

Stop the service.

Specified by:

stop in interface EmberService

Throws:

ServiceException - if the service fails to stop, or is already stopped

EmberServiceException

getState

public int getState()

Return the current state of the service

Specified by:

getState in interface EmberService

Returns:

the current state of the service

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Return the name of the service

Specified by:

getName in interface EmberService

Returns:

the name of the service

failureOK

public boolean failureOK()

If true, a failure of this service should not be considered fatal.

Specified by:

failureOK in interface EmberService

isStoppable

public boolean isStoppable()

If true, this service can be stopped and restarted. If false, this service is permanenet and cannot be stopped.

Specified by:

isStoppable in interface EmberService