Re: [sleuthkit-developers] shut down method

[Richard C. <rco...@ba...>]

Hi Vic,

Here is the documentation of the shutdown() method as it appears in the
source code:

   /**
     * Invoked by Autopsy when an ingest job is completed (either because
the
     * data has been analyzed or because the job was canceled - check
     * IngestJobContext.isJobCancelled()), before the ingest module
instance is
     * discarded. The module should respond by doing things like releasing
     * private resources, submitting final results, and posting a final
ingest
     * message.
     */
    void shutDown();


You might notice the javadocs comment, here is where this appears on the
wiki:

http://www.sleuthkit.org/autopsy/docs/api-docs/3.1/interfaceorg_1_1sleuthkit_1_1autopsy_1_1ingest_1_1_file_ingest_module.html

It's perfectly fine top have a do-nothing shut down method for a file level
ingest module.

Note that data source level modules do not have a shutdown() method. The
reason for this is that the process() method is only called once, so shut
down activities can be completed in the process() method; file level ingest
module need a separate shut down because their process() methods are called
once per file.

Best,
Richard



On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 2:58 PM, Wiktor Sypniewski <
wik...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi Richard,
>
> One more question. What would be the proffered content of the shut
> down method? Hoe should module shut down?
> By the way this is my code so far:
> https://github.com/Vic152/VfIngestModule
>
> Vic
>
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