ApplicationContainer (WS Test Harness Library 3.0.0-M2 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractApplicationContainer, EmbeddedCargoApplicationContainer, GlassfishContainer, InstalledCargoApplicationContainer, InVmContainer, JavaSeContainer, LocalApplicationContainer, RemoteCargoApplicationContainer
```
public interface ApplicationContainer
```
Represents a place that runs services.
This object needs to be multi-thread safe.

Author:

Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Application`	`deploy(DeployedService service)`	Starts a service inside a container, making it ready to process requests.
`java.lang.String`	`getTransport()`	Returns the transport that this container uses for testing.
`java.util.Set<java.lang.String>`	`getUnsupportedUses()`	Returns the unsupported uses for this container.
`void`	`shutdown()`	Stops the container.
`void`	`start()`	Starts the container.

- Method Detail
  - getTransport
```
java.lang.String getTransport()
```
    Returns the transport that this container uses for testing.
    
    Returns:
    
    For example, "http", "local", "tcp", "jms", etc. It should match the scheme portion of the endpoint address URI. Never null. This value is compared in the descriptor's transport declaration to decide wheter to run a test or not.
  - getUnsupportedUses
```
@NotNull
java.util.Set<java.lang.String> getUnsupportedUses()
```
    Returns the unsupported uses for this container. For e.g lwhs container may return "servlet" as an unsupported "use"
    
    Returns:
    
    unsupported uses like "servlet", "nonapi" etc the returned value is compared againt descriptor's "uses" decl to decide wheter to run a test or not.
  - start
```
void start()
    throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Starts the container. This is invoked at the very beginning before any service is deployed.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception
  - deploy
```
@NotNull
Application deploy(DeployedService service)
            throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Starts a service inside a container, making it ready to process requests.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception
  - shutdown
```
void shutdown()
       throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Stops the container. This is invoked at the end to clean up any resources.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception