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alfresco-community-repo/source/java/org/alfresco/repo/module/ModuleComponent.java
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/*
* #%L
* Alfresco Repository
* %%
* Copyright (C) 2005 - 2016 Alfresco Software Limited
* %%
* This file is part of the Alfresco software.
* If the software was purchased under a paid Alfresco license, the terms of
* the paid license agreement will prevail. Otherwise, the software is
* provided under the following open source license terms:
*
* Alfresco is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* Alfresco is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
* along with Alfresco. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
* #L%
*/
package org.alfresco.repo.module;
import java.util.List;
import org.alfresco.api.AlfrescoPublicApi;
import org.alfresco.util.VersionNumber;
/**
* Interface for classes that control the startup and shutdown behaviour of modules.
* <p/>
* Note that the execution order of these components is on the basis of dependencies
* only. The version numbering determines only whether a component will be executed
* and doesn't imply any ordering.
* <p/>
* Equals and Hashcode method must be implemented.
*
* @author Derek Hulley
* @since 2.0
*/
@AlfrescoPublicApi
public interface ModuleComponent
{
/**
* @return Returns the globally unique module ID.
*/
String getModuleId();
/**
* @return Returns the name of the component in the context of the module ID. It does not
* have to be globally unique.
*/
String getName();
/**
*
* @return Returns a description of the component.
*/
String getDescription();
/**
* @return Returns the version number of the module for which this component was introduced.
*/
ModuleVersionNumber getSinceVersionNumber();
/**
* @return Returns the smallest version number of the module to which this component applies.
*/
ModuleVersionNumber getAppliesFromVersionNumber();
/**
* @return Returns the largest version number of the module to which this component applies.
*/
ModuleVersionNumber getAppliesToVersionNumber();
/**
* A list of module components that <b>must</b> be executed prior to this instance.
* This is the only way to guarantee ordered execution. The dependencies may include
* components from other modules, guaranteeing an early failure if a module is missing.
*
* @return Returns a list of components that must be executed prior to this component.
*/
List<ModuleComponent> getDependsOn();
/**
* @return Returns <tt>true</tt> if the component is to be successfully executed exactly once,
* or <tt>false</tt> if the component must be executed with each startup.
*/
boolean isExecuteOnceOnly();
/**
* Perform the actual component's work. Execution will be done within the context of a
* system account with an enclosing transaction. Long-running processes should be spawned
* from the calling thread, if required.
* <p/>
* All failures should just be thrown out as runtime exceptions and will be dealt with by
* the associated module infrastructure.
*/
void execute();
/**
* Perform any cleanup required to remove module.
*/
// from Thor
void shutdown();
}