Service

All Known Subinterfaces:

SecurityService

All Known Implementing Classes:

CNS, CNSService, DynamicClassLoader, SimpleSecurityAuthority
```
public interface Service
```
An interface that should be implemented by classes that are intended to be Node level JCSP.NET services.

Services should be initialized, then started and then stopped.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ServiceUserObject`	`getUserObject()`	Obtains a `ServiceUserObject` from a Service.
`boolean`	`init(ServiceSettings settings)`	Initialize the service with the specified service settings.
`boolean`	`isRunning()`	Indicates whether or not a service is running.
`boolean`	`start()`	This should start the service when called and return.
`boolean`	`stop()`	Should stop the service and then return.

- Method Detail
  - start
```
boolean start()
```
    This should start the service when called and return.
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the service has successfully started.
  - stop
```
boolean stop()
```
    Should stop the service and then return.
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the service has successfully stopped.
  - init
```
boolean init(ServiceSettings settings)
```
    Initialize the service with the specified service settings.
    
    Parameters:
    
    settings - The settings used by the service.
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the service has been initialized.
  - isRunning
```
boolean isRunning()
```
    Indicates whether or not a service is running.
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the service is currently running.
  - getUserObject
```
ServiceUserObject getUserObject()
                         throws java.lang.SecurityException
```
    Obtains a ServiceUserObject from a Service. This allows Services to expose functionality to users that it does not want to be able to access admin features.
    
    Returns:
    
    a ServiceUserObject.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.SecurityException - if the calling Thread does not have access to the object.