flex.messaging
Interface FlexComponent

All Superinterfaces:

FlexConfigurable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Server, Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractBootstrapService, AbstractEndpoint, AbstractService, ActionScriptAdapter, AMFEndpoint, AuthenticationService, BaseHTTPEndpoint, BasePollingHTTPEndpoint, BaseStreamingHTTPEndpoint, Destination, FactoryDestination, HTTPEndpoint, HTTPProxyAdapter, HTTPProxyDestination, HTTPProxyService, JavaAdapter, JMSAdapter, LogManager, ManageableComponent, MessageBroker, MessageDestination, MessageService, MessagingAdapter, RemotingDestination, RemotingService, SecureAMFEndpoint, SecureHTTPEndpoint, SecureStreamingAMFEndpoint, SecureStreamingHTTPEndpoint, ServiceAdapter, SOAPProxyAdapter, StreamingAMFEndpoint, StreamingHTTPEndpoint

public interface FlexComponent
extends FlexConfigurable

Defines the lifecycle interface for FlexComponents, allowing the server to manage the running state of server components through a consistent interface.

Method Summary

boolean	isStarted() Indicates whether the component is started and running.
void	start() Invoked to start the component.
void	stop() Invoked to stop the component.

Methods inherited from interface flex.messaging.FlexConfigurable

initialize

Method Detail

start

void start()

Invoked to start the component. The FlexConfigurable.initialize(String, flex.messaging.config.ConfigMap) method inherited from the FlexConfigurable interface must be invoked before this method is invoked. Once this method returns, FlexComponent.isStarted() must return true.

stop

void stop()

Invoked to stop the component. Once this method returns, FlexComponent.isStarted() must return false.

isStarted

boolean isStarted()

Indicates whether the component is started and running.

Returns:

true if the component has started; otherwise false.