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package io.micronaut.runtime;
import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContext;
import io.micronaut.context.ApplicationContextLifeCycle;
import io.micronaut.context.env.Environment;
/**
* An {@link EmbeddedApplication} is a runnable application that starts and manages the {@link ApplicationContext}.
*
* This interface is the parent interface of {@link io.micronaut.runtime.server.EmbeddedServer} which formalizes the concept of a
* server that exposes a port and address
*
* Applications that did not expose a port and address (messaging applications, CLI applications etc.
* may wish to use this interface instead
*
* @param
* @see io.micronaut.runtime.server.EmbeddedServer
* @author Graeme Rocher
* @since 1.0
*/
public interface EmbeddedApplication extends ApplicationContextLifeCycle {
/**
* @return The {@link ApplicationContext} for the server
*/
@Override
ApplicationContext getApplicationContext();
/**
* @return The {@link ApplicationConfiguration} instance
*/
ApplicationConfiguration getApplicationConfiguration();
/**
* @return The {@link Environment} for the server
*/
default Environment getEnvironment() {
return getApplicationContext().getEnvironment();
}
/**
* This method returns whether the application is a server application or not. Server applications
* require that the thread be kept a live, preventing the application from exiting.
*
* @return True if the application is a server
*/
default boolean isServer() {
return false;
}
}