org.diirt.service

Interface ServiceProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractFileServiceProvider, ChannelFinderServiceProvider, ExecServiceProvider, JDBCServiceProvider, MathServiceProvider, PVARPCServiceProvider

public interface ServiceProvider

Provides a set of services that can be registered to the framework.

Instances of this class made available to the ServiceLoader are automatically added to the ServiceRegistry at startup.

Author:

carcassi

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<Service>	createServices() Returns a collection of services to be registered.
String	getName() Returns the name of the service provider.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of the service provider.

Returns:

a short name

createServices

Collection<Service> createServices()

Returns a collection of services to be registered.

Returns:

an immutable collection of services; never null