UpdateManager (TrueUpdate Manager Specification 0.7.1 API)

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net.java.trueupdate.manager.spec
Interface UpdateManager

public interface UpdateManager

An update manager cooperates with update agents to automatically install updates to an application. All communication between the update agent and the update manager is asynchronous.

Implementations must be thread-safe.

Author:: Christian Schlichtherle

Method Summary
`void`	`checkForUpdates()` Checks for updates and notifies the subscribed agents.
`void`	`close()` Stops this update manager.

Method Detail

checkForUpdates

void checkForUpdates()
                     throws Exception

Checks for updates and notifies the subscribed agents.

Throws:: Exception

close

void close()
           throws Exception

Stops this update manager. This method is idempotent. However, it's the caller's responsibility to make sure that this update manager isn't used anymore after the call to this method, even if it fails.

Throws:: Exception