org.apache.avalon.framework.activity
Interface Disposable

public interface Disposable

The Disposable interface is used when components need to deallocate and dispose resources prior to their destruction.

Author:

Federico Barbieri, Pierpaolo Fumagalli, Stefano Mazzocchi, Peter Donald, Berin Loritsch

Method Summary

void	dispose() The dispose operation is called at the end of a components lifecycle.

Method Detail

dispose

public void dispose()

The dispose operation is called at the end of a components lifecycle. This method will be called after Startable.stop() method (if implemented by component). Components use this method to release and destroy any resources that the Component owns.