Command Line Tools

Command Line Tools are the class of tools or applications that are run from a command shell. Typical examples are the ANT build tool, Turbine Maven, Apache Forrest, etc. They have a definite begining and a definite end. As a result, we don't have to do any trickery with threads or synchronizing the startup and shutdown of the container.

A typical example of creating a Fortress CLI application will follow the pattern outlined below:

As you can see, there are three major portions of working with Fortress: startup, useage, and shutdown; The Startup and shutdown portions are not likely to change at all. What will change is how you plan on interacting with your container.