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package org.springframework.boot.web.server;
/**
* Simple interface that represents a fully configured web server (for example Tomcat,
* Jetty, Netty). Allows the server to be {@link #start() started} and {@link #stop()
* stopped}.
*
* @author Phillip Webb
* @author Dave Syer
* @since 2.0.0
*/
public interface WebServer {
/**
* Starts the web server. Calling this method on an already started server has no
* effect.
* @throws WebServerException if the server cannot be started
*/
void start() throws WebServerException;
/**
* Stops the web server. Calling this method on an already stopped server has no
* effect.
* @throws WebServerException if the server cannot be stopped
*/
void stop() throws WebServerException;
/**
* Return the port this server is listening on.
* @return the port (or -1 if none)
*/
int getPort();
}