io.continual.services.processor.service

Interface ProcessingService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BucketingService, DedupeService, SimpleKeyStore, SimpleProcessingService

public interface ProcessingService

A processing service is instantiated within the scope of a source and provides a mechanism for running background processing.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isRunning() Determine if this service is running.
void	startBackgroundProcessing() Start background processing (if any) for this service.
void	stopBackgroundProcessing() Stop background processing (if any) for this service.

Method Detail

startBackgroundProcessing

void startBackgroundProcessing()

Start background processing (if any) for this service.

isRunning

boolean isRunning()

Determine if this service is running.

Returns:

true if still running

stopBackgroundProcessing

void stopBackgroundProcessing()

Stop background processing (if any) for this service. This method should return immediately. The caller can check isRunning() to determine that the service has stopped.