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/*******************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2005 IBM Corporation and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.equinox.app;
/**
* Bootstrap type for an application. An IApplication represent executable
* entry points into an application. An IApplication can be configured into
* the Platform's <code>org.eclipse.equinox.applications</code> extension-point.
*
* <p>
* Clients may implement this interface.
* </p>
*
* @since 3.2
*/
public interface IApplication {
/**
* Exit object indicating normal termination
*/
public static final Integer EXIT_OK = new Integer(0);
/**
* Exit object requesting platform restart
*/
public static final Integer EXIT_RESTART = new Integer(23);
/**
* Exit object requesting that the command passed back be executed. Typically
* this is used to relaunch Eclipse with different command line arguments.
*/
public static final Integer EXIT_RELAUNCH = new Integer(24);
/**
* Runs this application with the given args and returns a result.
* The content of the args is unchecked and should conform to the expectations of
* the runnable being invoked. Typically this is a <code>String</code> array. <p>
*
* Applications can return any object they like. If an <code>Integer</code> is returned
* it is treated as the program exit code if Eclipse is exiting.
* @return the return value of the application
* @see #EXIT_OK
* @see #EXIT_RESTART
* @see #EXIT_RELAUNCH
* @param args the argument(s) to pass to the application
* @exception Exception if there is a problem running this application.
*/
public Object run(Object args) throws Exception;
/**
* Forces a running application to exit. This method must block until the
* running application has completely stopped.
*/
public void stop();
}
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