| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2008, Rickard Öberg. All Rights Reserved. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| * |
| */ |
| |
| package org.apache.zest.api.service; |
| |
| import java.lang.reflect.Type; |
| |
| /** |
| * Interface used to query for ServiceReferences. |
| * <p> |
| * Each ServiceFinder is |
| * obtained from a specific Module, and the lookup rules are the following: |
| * </p> |
| * <ol> |
| * <li>First look in the same Module as the ServiceFinder</li> |
| * <li>Then look in the same Layer as the ServiceFinder. Any Services declared |
| * with Visibility Layer and Application should be included</li> |
| * <li>Then look in the used Layers. Any Services declared with Visibility Application |
| * should be included</li> |
| * </ol> |
| * <p> |
| * Both native Zest services and imported services are considered, with preference to native services. |
| * </p> |
| */ |
| public interface ServiceFinder |
| { |
| /** |
| * Find a ServiceReference that implements the given type. |
| * |
| * @param serviceType the type that the Service must implement |
| * |
| * @return a ServiceReference if one is found |
| * |
| * @throws NoSuchServiceException if no service of serviceType is found |
| */ |
| <T> ServiceReference<T> findService( Class<T> serviceType ) |
| throws NoSuchServiceException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Find a ServiceReference that implements the given type. |
| * |
| * @param serviceType the type that the Service must implement |
| * |
| * @return a ServiceReference if one is found |
| * |
| * @throws NoSuchServiceException if no service of serviceType is found |
| */ |
| <T> ServiceReference<T> findService( Type serviceType ) |
| throws NoSuchServiceException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Find ServiceReferences that implements the given type. |
| * <p> |
| * The order of the references is such that Services more local to the querying |
| * Module is earlier in the list. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param serviceType the type that the Services must implement |
| * |
| * @return an iterable of ServiceReferences for the given type. It is empty if none exist |
| */ |
| <T> Iterable<ServiceReference<T>> findServices( Class<T> serviceType ); |
| |
| /** |
| * Find ServiceReferences that implements the given type. |
| * <p> |
| * The order of the references is such that Services more local to the querying |
| * Module is earlier in the list. |
| * </p> |
| * |
| * @param serviceType the type that the Services must implement |
| * |
| * @return an iterable of ServiceReferences for the given type. It is empty if none exist |
| */ |
| <T> Iterable<ServiceReference<T>> findServices( Type serviceType ); |
| } |