| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, 2015 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.help.server; |
| import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException; |
| |
| /** |
| * @since 3.4 |
| * Abstract class representing a web server which can be used to host the Eclipse help |
| * system using the extension point org.eclipse.help.base.server. Classes extending this |
| * abstract class must be capable of launching a Web Server and |
| */ |
| |
| public abstract class HelpServer { |
| |
| /** |
| * Start a server application to host the Eclipse help system. The server is |
| * responsible for initializing the servlets, jsp files and other resources |
| * for the help system as defined by the extension points <code>org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.resources</code> |
| * and <code>org.eclipse.equinox.http.registry.servlets</code> for the httpcontextId |
| * <code>org.eclipse.help.webapp.help</code> |
| * @param webappName The name of this web application |
| * @throws Exception |
| */ |
| public abstract void start(String webappName) throws Exception; |
| |
| /** |
| * Stop a server application. If an application of this name has not been started do nothing |
| * @param webappName the name of a running web application |
| * @throws CoreException |
| */ |
| public abstract void stop(String webappName) throws CoreException ; |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the port number the app server listens on |
| * @return integer port number, 0 if server not started |
| */ |
| public abstract int getPort(); |
| |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the host name or ip the app server runs on. |
| * |
| * @return String representation of host name of IP, null if server not |
| * started yet |
| */ |
| public abstract String getHost(); |
| } |