001    /*
002     * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
003     *
004     * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005     * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006     * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007     *
008     *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
009     *
010     * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011     * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
012     * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
013     * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
014     * limitations under the License.
015     */
016    package org.springframework.richclient.application.splash;
017    
018    
019    /**
020     * A <code>SplashScreen</code> is shown to the user during application startup.
021     * 
022     * @author Peter De Bruycker
023     */
024    public interface SplashScreen {
025        /**
026         * Shows this <code>SplashScreen</code>.
027         */
028        void splash();
029    
030        /**
031         * Disposes this <code>SplashScreen</code>, freeing any system resources 
032         * that it may be using.
033         */
034        void dispose();
035    }