org.apache.tapestry.services
Interface ServiceMap

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServiceMapImpl

public interface ServiceMap

Service interface for tapestry.services.ServiceMap, provides access to engine services defined in the HiveMind module deployment descriptors.

Note: In Tapestry 3.0 and earlier, a <service> element in the application and library specifications was used to define services. This is no longer supported.

Since:

4.0

Author:

Howard Lewis Ship

Method Summary

IEngineService	getService(String name) Returns the named service.
boolean	isValid(String name) Returns true if the name is a known service, or false otherwise.

Method Detail

getService

IEngineService getService(String name)

Returns the named service.

Parameters:

name - the unique name for the service, as defined by each service instance's IEngineService.getName() method.

Throws:

org.apache.hivemind.ApplicationRuntimeException - if the named service does not exist

isValid

boolean isValid(String name)

Returns true if the name is a known service, or false otherwise.