1 /***
2 *
3 * Copyright 2004 Hiram Chirino
4 *
5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
8 *
9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10 *
11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15 * limitations under the License.
16 */
17
18 package org.activeio;
19
20 /***
21 * The Disposable interface is implemented by objects the aquire resources whoes life cycle must be
22 * managed. Once a Disposable has been disposed, it cannot be un-disposed.
23 *
24 * @version $Revision$
25 */
26 public interface Disposable {
27
28 /***
29 * This method should not throw any exceptions. Cleaning up a Disposable object
30 * should be easy of an end user therefore do not make him have to handle an Exception.
31 */
32 void dispose();
33
34 }