KieScanner (KIE :: Public API 8.44.0.Final API)

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public interface KieScanner
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A KieScanner is a scanner of the maven repositories (both local and remote) used to automatically discover if there are new releases for a given KieModule and its dependencies and eventually deploy them in the KieRepository

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type Interface Description

static class KieScanner.Status

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addListener(KieScannerEventListener listener)`	Add an event listener.
`java.util.Collection<KieScannerEventListener>`	`getListeners()`	Returns all event listeners.
`void`	`removeListener(KieScannerEventListener listener)`	Remove an event listener.
`void`	`scanNow()`	Triggers a synchronous scan
`void`	`shutdown()`	Shuts down the scanner and releases any resources held.
`void`	`start(long pollingInterval)`	Starts this KieScanner polling the maven repositories with the given interval expressed in milliseconds throws An IllegalStateException if this KieScanner has been already started
`void`	`stop()`	Stops this KieScanner, but does not release the resources.

- Method Detail
  - start
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void start(long pollingInterval)
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    Starts this KieScanner polling the maven repositories with the given interval expressed in milliseconds throws An IllegalStateException if this KieScanner has been already started
  - stop
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void stop()
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    Stops this KieScanner, but does not release the resources. A call to start(long) will resume the scanner's work after a call to stop()
  - shutdown
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void shutdown()
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    Shuts down the scanner and releases any resources held. After a shutdown call, any call to start() will fail with an exception.
  - scanNow
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void scanNow()
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    Triggers a synchronous scan
  - addListener
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void addListener(KieScannerEventListener listener)
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    Add an event listener.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - The listener to add.
  - removeListener
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void removeListener(KieScannerEventListener listener)
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    Remove an event listener.
    
    Parameters:
    
    listener - The listener to remove.
  - getListeners
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java.util.Collection<KieScannerEventListener> getListeners()
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    Returns all event listeners.
    
    Returns:
    
    listeners The listeners.