org.eclipse.virgo.nano.core/src/main/java/org/eclipse/virgo/nano/core/Shutdown.java

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package org.eclipse.virgo.nano.core;

import javax.management.MXBean;

/**
 * Shutdown control mechanism. Calling {@link #shutdown()} will shut the kernel down gracefully whereas
 * {@link #immediateShutdown()} will kill the kernel immediately without performing any cleanup actions.
 * <p/>
 * 
 * <strong>Concurrent Semantics</strong><br />
 * Implementations are <strong>required</strong> to be thread-safe.
 * 
 */
@MXBean
public interface Shutdown {

    /**
     * Shuts down the Server immediately.
     */
    void immediateShutdown();

    /**
     * Shuts down the server in a graceful manner thereby minimising processing required during a subsequent restart.
     */
    void shutdown();
}