Service (== GreenMail Core == 2.1.0-alpha-1 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractServer, ImapServer, Pop3Server, SmtpServer
```
public interface Service
```
Generic lifecycle handling of a service. Used by email protocol specific services, such as SmtpServer.

Since:

2005

Author:

Wael Chatila

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isRunning()`	Checks if service is up and running.
`void`	`startService()`	Starts the service in the background as a new thread.
`void`	`stopService()`	Stops the service.
`void`	`stopService(long timeoutInMs)`	Stops the service.
`boolean`	`waitTillRunning(long timeoutInMs)`	Waits till service is up or timeout was reached.

- Method Detail
  - startService
```
void startService()
```
    Starts the service in the background as a new thread. You can use isRunning() and waitTillRunning(long) to check if service is up.
  - stopService
```
void stopService()
```
    Stops the service. Blocks till the service stopped.
  - stopService
```
void stopService(long timeoutInMs)
```
    Stops the service. Blocks till the service stopped. If a timeout is given and the service has still not gracefully been stopped after timeout ms the service is stopped by force.
    
    Parameters:
    
    timeoutInMs - the timeout in milliseconds
  - isRunning
```
boolean isRunning()
```
    Checks if service is up and running.
    
    Returns:
    
    true, if running.
  - waitTillRunning
```
boolean waitTillRunning(long timeoutInMs)
                 throws InterruptedException
```
    Waits till service is up or timeout was reached.
    
    Parameters:
    
    timeoutInMs - the timeout in milliseconds
    
    Returns:
    
    true, if running otherwise false if timeout was reached.
    
    Throws:
    
    InterruptedException - if interrupted while waiting.