Peter Donald wrote:
>On Tue, 2 Apr 2002 19:44, Paul Hammant wrote:
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>Is java.lang.Runnable a lifecycle interface? Does it imply that the
>>implementing component should be placed in a Thread? :
>>
>> if (comp instanceof Initializable) {
>> ((Initializable comp).initialize() {
>> }
>>
>> if (comp instanceof Startable) {
>> ((Startable comp).start() {
>> }
>>
>> if (comp instanceof Runnable) {
>> Thread t = getThread((Runnable) comp);
>> t.start();
>> }
>>
>>I ask because EOB has daemon beans that treat Runnable as a lifecycle
>>interface.
>>
>
>It used to be but we zapped it because there was too many ambiguous cases. ie
>if run() finishes does that mean should we shutdown component or just call
>run again? if run() exceptions should we kill component or restart it or what
>? If we call stop and run() does not return what do we do?
>
Yup, now Leo has pointed to the document I agree that it is too
ambigous. Leave as is ( I have some small rework to do in EOB - so far
383 downloadsof latest release).
- Paul
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