Interface Sorter


@Contract public interface Sorter
Contract for sorting descriptors for run level services. It should be noted that sorting the handles in a multi-threaded environment is a heuristic in any case, as the threads are scheduled randomly. Sorting can only be guaranteed in a single threaded or no-threaded case.
  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    sort(List<ServiceHandle<?>> descriptors)
    Sort the given list of run level service handles.
  • Method Details

    • sort

      List<ServiceHandle<?>> sort(List<ServiceHandle<?>> descriptors)
      Sort the given list of run level service handles. This method will only be called when the run-level is going up in value. When going down in value services are always stopped in the reverse order from which they were started
      Parameters:
      descriptors - the list descriptors to be sorted
      Returns:
      The list as sorted. If this returns null then the list as passed in will be used. If any of the service handles returned are not in the run-level being processed they will be ignored. This list may add or remove handles to the list