org.sapia.soto
Interface Layer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AopLayer, JmxLayer, MonitorAgentLayer, UbikLayer

public interface Layer

This interface specifies the minimal behavior of implementations of the "layer" concept.

The lifecycle of layers is as follows:

the init() method is called after init() has been called on the layer's corresponding service's init() method.

Author:

Yanick Duchesne

Copyright:

Copyright © 2002-2003 Sapia Open Source Software . All Rights Reserved.

License:

Read the license.txt file of the jar or visit the license page at the Sapia OSS web site

Method Summary

void	dispose() Shuts down this instance.
void	init(ServiceMetaData meta) Initializes this instance.
void	start(ServiceMetaData meta) Starts this instance.

Method Detail

init

void init(ServiceMetaData meta)
          throws Exception

Initializes this instance.

Throws:

Exception - if an exception occurs during initialization.

start

void start(ServiceMetaData meta)
           throws Exception

Starts this instance.

Throws:

Exception - if an exception occurs during startup.

dispose

void dispose()

Shuts down this instance.