    001    /*****************************************************************************
    002     * Copyright (c) PicoContainer Organization. All rights reserved.            *
    003     * ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
    004     * The software in this package is published under the terms of the BSD      *
    005     * style license a copy of which has been included with this distribution in *
    006     * the license.html file.                                                    *
    007     *                                                                           *
    008     * Idea by Rachel Davies, Original code by Aslak Hellesoy and Paul Hammant   *
    009     *****************************************************************************/
    010    package org.picocontainer;
    011
    012    /**
    013     * An interface which is implemented by components that need to dispose of resources during the shutdown of that
    014     * component. The {@link Disposable#dispose()} must be called once during shutdown, directly after {@link
    015     * Startable#stop()} (if the component implements the {@link Startable} interface).
    016     * @see org.picocontainer.Startable the Startable interface if you need to <code>start()</code> and
    017     *      <code>stop()</code> semantics.
    018     * @see org.picocontainer.PicoContainer the main PicoContainer interface (and hence its subinterfaces and
    019     *      implementations like {@link DefaultPicoContainer}) implement this interface.
    020     */
    021    public interface Disposable {
    022        /**
    023         * Dispose this component. The component should deallocate all resources. The contract for this method defines a
    024         * single call at the end of this component's life.
    025         */
    026        void dispose();
    027    }