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package com.enterprisemath.utils;

/**
 * Defines functionality of service which can be started and stopped multiple times.
 * Implementations are expected to behave in the following way.
 * 
 *   After construction, service is stopped.
 *   After calling start, service is guaranteed to run in the non blocking way, which can or doesn't need to finish.
 *   Calling start when service is running has no effect.
 *   Service is guaranteed to be stopped after successful returning from stop method.
 *   Calling stop when service is stopped has no effect.
 * 
 * 
 * This interface is deprecated and will be removed, because there is no usage.
 * 
 * @author radek.hecl
 *
 */
@Deprecated
public interface StartStopService {

    /**
     * Starts the service. If service is already running, this method has no effect.
     */
    public void start();
    
    /**
     * Stops the service. Service is guaranteed to be stopped after returning from this method.
     */
    public void stop();
    
}