Disconnectable.java

/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2008 Gabor Bergmann and Daniel Varro
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *    Gabor Bergmann - initial API and implementation
 *******************************************************************************/

package org.eclipse.incquery.runtime.rete.boundary;

/**
 * For objects that connect a RETE implementation to the underlying model.
 * 
 * @author Gabor Bergmann
 * 
 */
public interface Disconnectable {

    /**
     * Disconnects this rete engine component from the underlying model. Disconnecting enables the garbage collection
     * mechanisms to dispose of the rete network.
     */
    void disconnect();

}