package com.foundation.web.interfaces;

public interface IWebApplicationContainer {
/**
 * Increments the activity counter, allowing safe access to the web application until the counter is decremented.
 * This method blocks until the activity counter can be incremented.
 * Blocking may occur if the application is in the middle of, or has a pending reload or unload.
 * <p>The caller does not need to synchronize when calling this method since it will be done internally.</p>
 * @return Whether the activity counter could be incremented.  This will only be false if the application has been closed while the thread was waiting.
 */
public boolean incrementActivityCounter();
/**
 * Decrements the activity counter and runs the unload/reload thread for the web application if one is waiting.
 * <p>The caller does not need to synchronize when calling this method since it will be done internally.</p>
 */
public void decrementActivityCounter();
}//IWebApplicationContainer//