start() and stop() methods in a MC bean

[jaikiran]

I have a simple MC bean with a method named start and annotated with @InstallMethod:

public class MyBean
{

 @InstallMethod
 public void start() throws Exception
 {
 // do something
 }

 @UnInstallMethod
 public void stop() throws Exception
 {
 // do something
 }
}

When this MC bean is deployed, the start() method gets called twice. From what i can see in the logs, its being called when the bean enters the START stage and the INSTALL stage. The note in this document http://www.jboss.org/file-access/default/members/jbossmc/freezone/docs/2.0.x/userGuide/ch05s04.html states that any method named start() (and stop) are considered as MBean start/stop methods and are called during the START/STOP stage.

But shouldn't those methods be skipped during start/stop, if they are annotated for something else - as in this example @InstallMethod.

[alesj]

"jaikiran" wrote:

But shouldn't those methods be skipped during start/stop, if they are annotated for something else - as in this example @InstallMethod.

Could be done, but it's just too custom for my taste. :-)
Since in this case you can simply do @Start(ignored=true).

[jaikiran]

"alesj" wrote:


Since in this case you can simply do @Start(ignored=true).

Yep, i could do that :) Infact i just renamed the methods:

@InstallMethod
 public void onInstall() throws Exception
 {
 // do something
 }

The reason why i would except the MC to skip this start is because if someone is annotating it to be an @InstallMethod, then he is treating that as a MC bean and hence no longer a legacy MBean :) Nothing major though, since we know the workarounds.

[alesj]

"jaikiran" wrote:

The reason why i would except the MC to skip this start is because if someone is annotating it to be an @InstallMethod, then he is treating that as a MC bean and hence no longer a legacy MBean :)

Just more (useless) custom details.
What about if someone actually really wanted to have start called twice, at start and install? ;-)
@SkipThinkingThisIsPlainPOJOAndDoOldMBeanNotion :-)