ej.components.registry

Interface BundleActivator

All Known Subinterfaces:

BundleRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractRegistry, BundleActivatorAdapter, CompositeActivator, FileRegistry

public interface BundleActivator

Manages the life-cycle of a bundle.

A bundle is a set of public interfaces that provide access to some specific application functionality or feature.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	BundleActivator.State The bundle states.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	initialize() Initializes the bundle.
void	link() Prepares the bundle.
void	start() Starts the bundle.
void	stop() Stops the bundle.

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize()

Initializes the bundle.

Initializes and registers bundle services in the BundleRegistry instance.

See Also:

ServiceRegistry.register(Class, Object)

link

void link()

Prepares the bundle.

Links bundle services to other services.

See Also:

ServiceProvider.getService(Class)

start

void start()

Starts the bundle.

At this step, all the bundles are prepared and ready. The services could be started.

stop

void stop()

Stops the bundle.

Unlinks it from the others services and clean possible resources and threads.