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 }