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package org.glassfish.api.deployment;
/**
* Interface to an application container. mainly used to start and stop
* the application.
*
* @author Jerome Dochez
*/
public interface ApplicationContainer<T> {
/**
* Returns the deployment descriptor associated with this application
*
* @return deployment descriptor if they exist or null if not
*/
public T getDescriptor();
/**
* Starts an application container.
* ContractProvider starting should not throw an exception but rather should
* use their prefered Logger instance to log any issue they encounter while
* starting. Returning false from a start mean that the container failed
* to start
* @param startupContext the start up context
* @return true if the container startup was successful.
*
* @throws Exception if this application container could not be started
*/
public boolean start(ApplicationContext startupContext) throws Exception;
/**
* Stop the application container
* @return true if stopping was successful.
* @param stopContext
*/
public boolean stop(ApplicationContext stopContext);
/**
* Suspends this application container.
*
* @return true if suspending was successful, false otherwise.
*/
public boolean suspend();
/**
* Resumes this application container.
*
* @return true if resumption was successful, false otherwise
*
* @throws Exception if this application container could not be
* resumed
*/
public boolean resume() throws Exception;
/**
* Returns the class loader associated with this application
* @return ClassLoader for this app
*/
public ClassLoader getClassLoader();
}