fr.paris5.shaman.insight.service
Interface ShutdownService

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

ShutdownServiceImpl

public interface ShutdownService

extends java.rmi.Remote

Allows to shutdown the application remotely.

Warning : exposing this service could be considered as a potential security leak, allowing very easy DOS attacks. It should only be used if the Insight server is running behind a firewall.

Warning : when Insight services are ran "standalone" (e.g. in a Cocoon servlet) calling this service will cause the servlet container to exit.

Version:

$Id: ShutdownService.java,v 1.1 2002/06/18 12:23:12 caillette Exp $

Author:

Laurent Caillette

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

ROLE

Method Summary

boolean

shutdown(long delay) Attempts to terminate hosting VM after a given delay.

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final java.lang.String ROLE

Method Detail

shutdown

public boolean shutdown(long delay)
                 throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Attempts to terminate hosting VM after a given delay.

Parameters:

delay - Delay in milliseconds before shutdown.

Returns:

if the shutdown request was accepted, false otherwise.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException -