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* Copyright (c) 2005, 2010 IBM Corporation and others.
*
* This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.osgi.service.runnable;
/**
* An ApplicationLauncher is used to launch ParameterizedRunnable objects using
* the main thread.
* <p>
* This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
* </p>
* <p>
* This class is for internal use by the platform-related plug-ins.
* Clients outside of the base platform should not reference or subclass this class.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.2
* @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
*/
public interface ApplicationLauncher {
/**
* Launches the specified runnable using the main thread.
* @param runnable a ParameterizedRunnalbe to run on the main thread.
* @param context the context to launch the runnable with
*/
void launch(ParameterizedRunnable runnable, Object context);
/**
* Forces the current runnable which is running to be stopped.
* This method will return after the currently running ParameterizedRunnable
* has completely stopped.
* <p>
* After this method returns this ApplicationLauncher will no longer allow
* applications to be launched.
*/
void shutdown();
}