make it possible to determine if the symmetric engine is starting by …

…exposing a starting property.

symmetric/src/main/java/org/jumpmind/symmetric/SymmetricEngine.java

@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public class SymmetricEngine {
 
     private boolean started = false;
 
+    private boolean starting = false;
+
     private IDbDialect dbDialect;
 
     private Properties properties;
@@ -200,7 +202,8 @@ public String getEngineName() {
      * Must be called to start symmetric.
      */
     public synchronized void start() {
-        if (!started) {
+        if (!starting) {
+        	starting = true;
             bootstrapService.init();
             Node node = nodeService.findIdentity();
             if (node != null) {
@@ -310,6 +313,15 @@ public boolean isStarted() {
 		return started;
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * Check to see if this node is starting.
+     * @return true if the node is starting
+     */
+
+	public boolean isStarting() {
+		return starting;
+	}
+
     /**
      * Expose access to the Spring context.  This is for advanced use only.
      * @return
@@ -331,4 +343,5 @@ public static SymmetricEngine findEngineByName(String name) {
 
 
 
+
 }