core/org.eclipse.ptp.core/src/org/eclipse/ptp/rtsystem/IRuntimeSystem.java

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package org.eclipse.ptp.rtsystem;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException;
import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

public interface IRuntimeSystem extends IControlSystem, IMonitoringSystem {	

	/**
	 * Adds a listener to the runtime system.  The runtime system may fire events
	 * and will use this list of listeners to determine who to send these events to.
	 * 
	 * @param listener someone that wants to listener to runtime events
	 */
	public void addRuntimeEventListener(IRuntimeEventListener listener);
	
	/**
	 * Removes a listener from the list of things listening to runtime events on
	 * this runtime system.
	 * 
	 * @param listener the listener to remove
	 */
	public void removeRuntimeEventListener(IRuntimeEventListener listener);
	
	/**
	 * Called when the control system is being shutdown.
	 * @throws CoreException 
	 */
	public void shutdown(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;

	/**
	 * Called to start the runtime system.
	 * @throws CoreException
	 */
	public void startup(IProgressMonitor monitor) throws CoreException;
}