Startable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Loader, MetaBean
```
public interface Startable
```
Interface to something that is a start point for a flow and can be launched programatically.

Since:

1.0

Version:

$Revision: 8034 $

Author:

Mark Hall (mhall{[at]}pentaho{[dot]}org)

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getStartMessage()`	Gets a string that describes the start action.
`void`	`start()`	Start the flow running

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start()
    throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Start the flow running
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception - if something goes wrong
  - getStartMessage
```
java.lang.String getStartMessage()
```
    Gets a string that describes the start action. The KnowledgeFlow uses this in the popup contextual menu for the component. The string can be proceeded by a '$' character to indicate that the component can't be started at present.
    
    Returns:
    
    a string describing the start action.