IAgentService (Eclipse Platform API Specification)

```
public interface IAgentService
```
Services created by IAgentServiceFactory objects can optionally implement this interface to participate in the agent lifecycle.

Since:

2.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`start()`	This method is invoked when a service is added to an agent.
`void`	`stop()`	This method is invoked when a service is removed from an agent.

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start()
```
    This method is invoked when a service is added to an agent. This can occur either because a client looked up the service and it was lazily instantiated by the agent, or because the service was registered manually via IProvisioningAgent.registerService(String, Object).
  - stop
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void stop()
```
    This method is invoked when a service is removed from an agent. This can occur either because the agent was stopped, or because the service was manually unregistered via IProvisioningAgent.unregisterService(String, Object).
    Services must not attempt to obtain further services from their agent while stopping, as some required services may no longer be available.