Interface Terminatable

  • All Known Subinterfaces:
    TerminatableRunnable
    All Known Implementing Classes:
    DataReceiverImpl.MsgReceivingTask

    public interface Terminatable
    Simple interface for something that can be terminated, e.g., a running process. The difference to Closeable is that a termination does not have to happen while the terminate() method is closed.
    Author:
    Michael Röder (roeder@informatik.uni-leipzig.de)
    • Method Detail

      • isTerminated

        boolean isTerminated()
        Returns a flag whether the object has been asked to terminate. Note that if the method returns true, it does not have to be terminated.
        Returns:
        returns true if it received a request to terminate
      • terminate

        void terminate()
        Informs the object that it should terminate. Note that there is no guarantee that the termination will happen while this method is running, i.e., this method is not blocking and won't wait for the object to terminate.