Application#shutdown() is currently defined to return true if it is OK
to shut down, or false if it is not. I'm wondering if this might be
confusing. It is different than how consumable events are handled,
where the return value means "yes, consume the event" or "no, do not
consume the event".
It might be clearer for shutdown()'s return value to mean "yes, cancel
shutdown" (true) or "no, do not cancel shutdown" (false). Also, by
default, Eclipse provides a stub method that returns false. An
unsuspecting developer could easily be tripped up by this and create
an application that will never shut down.
What do others think?
- Return value from shutdown() method Greg Brown
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