org.cloudcoder.daemon

Interface IDaemon

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExampleDaemon

public interface IDaemon

Interface to be implemented by daemon tasks.

Author:

David Hovemeyer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	handleCommand(java.lang.String command) Handle a command received via the FIFO.
void	shutdown() Stop the daemon.
void	start(java.lang.String instanceName) Start the daemon.

Method Detail

start

void start(java.lang.String instanceName)

Start the daemon. If this method returns normally (by not throwing an exception), then it is assumed that the daemon has started normally. If this method throws an exception, then it is assumed that the daemon failed to start properly, and the FIFO and pid file will be cleaned up, and the daemon process will exit.

Parameters:

instanceName - the instance name for this daemon

handleCommand

void handleCommand(java.lang.String command)

Handle a command received via the FIFO.

Parameters:

command - the command to handle

shutdown

void shutdown()

Stop the daemon.