net.messagevortex.transport

Interface StoppableThread

All Known Implementing Classes:

ImapServer

public interface StoppableThread

Interface for a stoppable thread.

Threads of this type must provide facility to stop at request gracefully.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isShutdown() Query if the process is marked for shutdown.
void	shutdown() Shuts the thread gracefully down.

Method Detail

shutdown

void shutdown()
       throws IOException

Shuts the thread gracefully down.

Throws:

IOException - if stopping fails

isShutdown

boolean isShutdown()

Query if the process is marked for shutdown.

Returns:

true if the thread is marked for shutdown