The term used in Hudson for this is 'launch', not 'start', so making it consistent.

git-svn-id: https://hudson.dev.java.net/svn/hudson/trunk/hudson/main@9386 71c3de6d-444a-0410-be80-ed276b4c234a

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Computer.java

@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ public abstract class Computer extends AbstractModelObject {
 
     /**
      * Returns true if this computer is supposed to be launched via JNLP.
-     * @deprecated see {@linkplain #isStartSupported()} and {@linkplain hudson.model.SlaveStartMethod}
+     * @deprecated see {@linkplain #isLaunchSupported()} and {@linkplain hudson.model.SlaveStartMethod}
      */
     @Exported
     @Deprecated
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public abstract class Computer extends AbstractModelObject {
      * Returns true if this computer can be launched by Hudson.
      */
     @Exported
-    public boolean isStartSupported() {
+    public boolean isLaunchSupported() {
         return true;
     }
 

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/ComputerSet.java

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerResponse;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ public final class ComputerSet implements ModelObject {
 
     public void do_launchAll(StaplerRequest req, StaplerResponse rsp) throws IOException {
         for(Computer c : get_all()) {
-            if(c.isStartSupported())
+            if(c.isLaunchSupported())
                 continue;
             c.launch();
         }

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/Slave.java

@@ -322,8 +322,8 @@ public final class Slave implements Node, Serializable {
         }
 
         @Override
-        public boolean isStartSupported() {
-            return getNode().getStartMethod().isStartSupported();
+        public boolean isLaunchSupported() {
+            return getNode().getStartMethod().isLaunchSupported();
         }
 
         /**
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ public final class Slave implements Node, Serializable {
     public static class JNLPStartMethod extends SlaveStartMethod {
 
         @Override
-        public boolean isStartSupported() {
+        public boolean isLaunchSupported() {
             return false;
         }
 

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/SlaveAvailabilityStrategy.java

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public abstract class SlaveAvailabilityStrategy implements Describable<SlaveAvai
      */
     public long check(Slave slave, State state) {
         Slave.ComputerImpl c = slave.getComputer();
-        if (c != null && c.isOffline() && c.isStartSupported())
+        if (c != null && c.isOffline() && c.isLaunchSupported())
             c.tryReconnect();  
         return 5;
     }

core/src/main/java/hudson/model/SlaveStartMethod.java

@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ import org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter;
  * @since 24-Apr-2008 22:12:35
  */
 public abstract class SlaveStartMethod implements Describable<SlaveStartMethod>, ExtensionPoint {
-
-    public boolean isStartSupported() {
+    /**
+     * Returns true if this {@link SlaveStartMethod} supports
+     * programatic launch of the slave agent in the target {@link Computer}.
+     */
+    public boolean isLaunchSupported() {
         return true;
     }