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package org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.trait;

import com.google.common.annotations.Beta;

/**
 * Marker interface, indicating that this starts up asynchronously.
 * 
 * That is, calling {@link Startable#start(java.util.Collection)} can return while the entity is 
 * still in the state {@link org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.lifecycle.Lifecycle#STARTING}. It is 
 * expected that the entity will subsequently transition to 
 * {@link org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.lifecycle.Lifecycle#RUNNING} 
 * (and {@link org.apache.brooklyn.core.entity.Attributes#SERVICE} {@code true}).
 */
@Beta
public interface AsyncStartable extends Startable {
}
