Github user aledsage commented on a diff in the pull request:

    https://github.com/apache/incubator-brooklyn/pull/394#discussion_r22707761
  
    --- Diff: 
core/src/main/java/brooklyn/management/internal/NonDeploymentManagementContext.java
 ---
    @@ -227,8 +227,7 @@ public QueueingSubscriptionManager 
getSubscriptionManager() {
         @Override
         public synchronized SubscriptionContext getSubscriptionContext(Entity 
entity) {
             if (!this.entity.equals(entity)) throw new 
IllegalStateException("Non-deployment context "+this+" can only use a single 
Entity: has "+this.entity+", but passed "+entity);
    -        if (mode==NonDeploymentManagementContextMode.MANAGEMENT_STOPPED)
    -            throw new IllegalStateException("Entity "+entity+" is no 
longer managed; subscription context not available");
    +        if (mode==NonDeploymentManagementContextMode.MANAGEMENT_STOPPED) 
return null;
    --- End diff --
    
    I think I'd prefer that we return a `NonDeploymentSubscriptionContext`. 
That could throw exceptions on any attempt to subscribe etc, and would just 
`return false` for unsubscribe. I don't like having lots of null checks in the 
calling code.


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