| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2005 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.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> |
| * |
| * @since 3.2 |
| */ |
| 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(); |
| } |
