| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2010, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| * |
| */ |
| |
| package org.qi4j.api.service; |
| |
| /** |
| * Services can implement this interface in order to allow Zest to ask |
| * it whether it is currently available for use or not. This is accessed |
| * by clients through the ServiceReference of the service. Services that do not |
| * implement this are always considered to be available. |
| */ |
| public interface Availability |
| { |
| /** |
| * Implementations should return true if the underlying service is currently available for use. |
| * |
| * Reasons why a service might not be available is either if it has been configured not to be (see |
| * the Enabled interface), or if an underlying resource is currently unavailable. |
| * |
| * @return true if the service is available, false otherwise. |
| */ |
| boolean isAvailable(); |
| } |