We could also kill Executable interface. Useful as it is - it usuallly not considered lifecycle stuff.
At 11:27 AM 6/15/2002 -0400, you wrote: >This houses the Initializable, Startable, and Resumable interfaces. > >I'm pretty happy with it, but we should consider a couple of points: > >1) are Initializable and Disposable separate concerns? If so we should > split the interface. If not, then we will leave it alone >2) We have determined that start() and stop() apply to the same concern > of an active component. We should explicitly state that the >Startable > interface is designed to let an active component know when they can > start background execution threads and when to stop them safely. > We should also state as a contract that stop()ing a component > MUST NOT FAIL! This preculdes the necessity of an exception at this > point. It also makes it the responsibility of the component to clean > up any expensive resources like threads and sockets successfully. > - The container has no way of nowing what system resources a >component > takes if they are not retrieved from other components. > > >"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety > deserve neither liberty nor safety." > - Benjamin Franklin > > >-- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cheers, Peter Donald ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Faced with the choice between changing one's mind, and proving that there is no need to do so - almost everyone gets busy on the proof." - John Kenneth Galbraith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
