IPlaceholderProviderAsync (formcycle: bom 8.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

IPlaceholderProvider, Serializable

Functional Interface:

This is a functional interface and can therefore be used as the assignment target for a lambda expression or method reference.
```
@FunctionalInterface
public interface IPlaceholderProviderAsync
extends IPlaceholderProvider
```
Common interface for asynchronous placeholder provider. Each provider makes a certain set of placeholders available, such as a list of workflow-specific system placeholders. Async providers may perform asynchronous operations such as starting another thread.

Since:

8.4.0

Author:

XIMA MEDIA GmbH

See Also:

IPlaceholderProviderSync

- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean startProvide()
  Starts the asynchronous provide process.

- Method Detail
  - startProvide
```
boolean startProvide()
```
    Starts the asynchronous provide process. Implementations may perform asynchronous operations such as starting another thread. When the placeholders are ready, methods such as IPlaceholderLibrary.addAll(Map) should be used to make the placeholders available.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the async provide process was triggered successfully, false otherwise.