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package org.springframework.boot.admin;

An MBean contract to control and monitor a running SpringApplication via JMX. Intended for internal use only. 
Author:
Stephane Nicoll
Since:
1.3.0/**
 * An MBean contract to control and monitor a running {@code SpringApplication} via JMX.
 * Intended for internal use only.
 *
 * @author Stephane Nicoll
 * @since 1.3.0
 */
public interface SpringApplicationAdminMXBean {

	
Specify if the application has fully started and is now ready.
See Also:
ApplicationReadyEvent
Returns:
true if the application is ready/**
	 * Specify if the application has fully started and is now ready.
	 * @return {@code true} if the application is ready
	 * @see org.springframework.boot.context.event.ApplicationReadyEvent
	 */
	boolean isReady();

	
Specify if the application runs in an embedded web container. Return false on a web application that hasn't fully started yet, so it is preferable to wait for the application to be ready. 
See Also:
isReady()
Returns:
true if the application runs in an embedded web container/**
	 * Specify if the application runs in an embedded web container. Return {@code false}
	 * on a web application that hasn't fully started yet, so it is preferable to wait for
	 * the application to be {@link #isReady() ready}.
	 * @return {@code true} if the application runs in an embedded web container
	 * @see #isReady()
	 */
	boolean isEmbeddedWebApplication();

	
Return the value of the specified key from the application Environment. 
Params:
key – the property key
Returns:
the property value or null if it does not exist/**
	 * Return the value of the specified key from the application
	 * {@link org.springframework.core.env.Environment Environment}.
	 * @param key the property key
	 * @return the property value or {@code null} if it does not exist
	 */
	String getProperty(String key);

	
Shutdown the application.
See Also:
close.close()/**
	 * Shutdown the application.
	 * @see org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext#close()
	 */
	void shutdown();

}