org.hobbit.utils

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 Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isTerminated() Returns a flag whether the object has been asked to terminate.
void	terminate() Informs the object that it should terminate.

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.