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package org.glassfish.jersey.server;

import java.io.Closeable;

/**
 * A closeable service to add instances of {@link Closeable} that
 * are required to be closed.
 * 
 * This interface may be injected onto server-side components using
 * the {@link javax.ws.rs.core.Context} annotation.
 * 

 * The service may be used within the scope of a request to add instances
 * of {@link Closeable} that are to be closed when the request goes out
 * of scope, more specifically after the request has been processed and the
 * response has been returned.
 *
 * @author Marek Potociar (marek.potociar at oracle.com)
 * @author Paul Sandoz
 */
public interface CloseableService {

    /**
     * Register a new instance of {@link Closeable} that is to be closed when the request goes out of scope.
     * 

     * After {@link #close()} has been called, this method will not accept any new instance registrations and
     * will return {@code false} instead.
     * 
     *
     * @param c the instance of {@link Closeable}.
     * @return {@code true} if the closeable service has not been closed yet and the closeable instance was successfully
     * registered with the service, {@code false} otherwise.
     */
    public boolean add(Closeable c);

    /**
     * Invokes {@code Closeable#close()} method on all instances of {@link Closeable} added by the {@code #add(Closeable)}
     * method.
     * Subsequent calls of this method should not do anything.
     */
    public void close();
}