org.astrogrid.acr.builtin
Interface Shutdown

public interface Shutdown

AR Service: Halts the Astro Runtime

Service Name

builtin.shutdown

Method Summary

void	addShutdownListener(ShutdownListener l) register a listener for shutdown events
void	halt() Bring the AstroRuntime to a graceful halt.
void	reallyHalt() Bring the AstroRuntime to a graceful halt, ignoring any objections from clients.
void	removeShutdownListener(ShutdownListener l) remove a previously registered listener.

Method Detail

halt

void halt()

Bring the AstroRuntime to a graceful halt.

Notes:

notifies all listeners, and if there's any objections displays a prompt for the user to acknowledge then calls Shutdown.reallyHalt()

See Also:

ShutdownListener.lastChance()

reallyHalt

void reallyHalt()

Bring the AstroRuntime to a graceful halt, ignoring any objections from clients. still notifies all listeners that the system is shutting down

Warnings:

Use this method with care - prefer Shutdown.halt() when there's a chance that the ACR has other clients

See Also:

ShutdownListener.halting()

addShutdownListener

void addShutdownListener(ShutdownListener l)

register a listener for shutdown events

Parameters:

l -

removeShutdownListener

void removeShutdownListener(ShutdownListener l)

remove a previously registered listener.

Parameters:

l -