sdk/fidl/fuchsia.sys2/lifecycle_handler.fidl

// Copyright 2018 The Fuchsia Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.

library fuchsia.sys2;

// An interface that a component instance may implement to receive lifecycle
// events from the component manager.  It provides an opportunity for the
// instance to exercise limited discretionary control over its own
// lifecycle.
[Discoverable]
protocol LifecycleHandler {
    // Called by the component manager when the instance is being stopped
    // to give it an opportunity to close client connections, finish pending
    // work, record its state, and terminate.
    //
    // Once this method returns, or after a brief system-configured timeout,
    // the component manager will forcibly terminate the instance's runtime
    // environment (such as by killing its process and/or job if it has not
    // already exited).
    //
    // TODO(CP-154): Add a link to wherever we intend to document how
    // to configure the system's timeout.  We currently expect it to be on
    // the order of seconds.  TBD.
    Stop() -> ();
};