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<pre><span class="sourceLineNo">001</span>/* <a name="line.1"></a>
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<span class="sourceLineNo">018</span> */<a name="line.18"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">019</span>package org.apache.felix.ipojo;<a name="line.19"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">020</span><a name="line.20"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">021</span><a name="line.21"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">022</span>/**<a name="line.22"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">023</span> * Service interface published by handler factory.<a name="line.23"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">024</span> * This interface allows interacting the the handler factory to create<a name="line.24"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">025</span> * {@link Handler} objects.<a name="line.25"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">026</span> * @see Factory <a name="line.26"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">027</span> * @author &lt;a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org"&gt;Felix Project Team&lt;/a&gt;<a name="line.27"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">028</span> */<a name="line.28"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">029</span>public interface HandlerFactory extends Factory {<a name="line.29"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">030</span><a name="line.30"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">031</span> /**<a name="line.31"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">032</span> * The iPOJO Default Namespace.<a name="line.32"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">033</span> */<a name="line.33"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">034</span> String IPOJO_NAMESPACE = "org.apache.felix.ipojo";<a name="line.34"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">035</span><a name="line.35"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">036</span> /**<a name="line.36"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">037</span> * Gets the namespace associated with this handler factory.<a name="line.37"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">038</span> * @return the namespace used by this handler<a name="line.38"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">039</span> */<a name="line.39"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">040</span> String getNamespace();<a name="line.40"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">041</span><a name="line.41"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">042</span> /**<a name="line.42"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">043</span> * Gets the name associated with this handler factory.<a name="line.43"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">044</span> * @return the name used by this handler<a name="line.44"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">045</span> */<a name="line.45"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">046</span> String getHandlerName();<a name="line.46"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">047</span><a name="line.47"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">048</span> /**<a name="line.48"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">049</span> * Gets the type of the handler factory.<a name="line.49"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">050</span> * The handler can only be plugged on instance container with the same type.<a name="line.50"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">051</span> * Basically, types are &lt;code&gt;primitive&lt;/code&gt; and &lt;code&gt;composite&lt;/code&gt;.<a name="line.51"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">052</span> * @return the type of the handler<a name="line.52"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">053</span> */<a name="line.53"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">054</span> String getType();<a name="line.54"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">055</span><a name="line.55"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">056</span> /**<a name="line.56"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">057</span> * Gets the start level of the handler objects created by this factory.<a name="line.57"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">058</span> * Handlers with a low start level are configured and started before <a name="line.58"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">059</span> * handlers with an higher start level. Moreover, these handlers are<a name="line.59"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">060</span> * stopped and disposed after.<a name="line.60"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">061</span> * @return the handler's start level<a name="line.61"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">062</span> */<a name="line.62"></a>
<span class="sourceLineNo">063</span> int getStartLevel();<a name="line.63"></a>
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