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| * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.app; |
| |
| /** |
| * A container is used to launch applications. |
| * @see IAppContext |
| * @see IApplication |
| * <p> |
| * Clients may implement this interface. |
| * </p> |
| * @since 3.2 |
| */ |
| public interface IContainer { |
| /** |
| * Launch an application with the given application context. The given |
| * context must have its {@link IAppContext#setAppStatus(int)} method called by |
| * the container when the returned application has stopped. |
| * @param context the application context to launch an application with |
| * @return the application which was launched |
| * @throws Exception if any errors occur while launching the application |
| */ |
| IApplication launch(IAppContext context) throws Exception; |
| |
| /** |
| * This method should shutdown the container and free any resources it may have |
| * been using. All applications currently active in this container will be |
| * asked to stop before this method is called. |
| */ |
| void shutdown(); |
| } |
