org.apache.turbine.services
Interface Service

All Superinterfaces:

Initable

All Known Subinterfaces:

AssemblerBrokerService, AvalonComponentService, ComponentService, CryptoService, FactoryService, GlobalCacheService, JspService, LocalizationService, MimeTypeService, NamingService, PoolService, PullService, RunDataService, ScheduleService, SecurityService, ServletService, SessionService, TemplateService, UniqueIdService, UploadService, VelocityService, XmlRpcService, XSLTService

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseSecurityService, BaseService, BaseUnicastRemoteService, BaseUploadService, TurbineAssemblerBrokerService, TurbineAvalonComponentService, TurbineComponentService, TurbineCryptoService, TurbineFactoryService, TurbineGlobalCacheService, TurbineJspService, TurbineLocalizationService, TurbineMimeTypeService, TurbineNamingService, TurbinePoolService, TurbinePullService, TurbineRunDataService, TurbineSchedulerService, TurbineServletService, TurbineSessionService, TurbineTemplateService, TurbineUniqueIdService, TurbineUploadService, TurbineVelocityService, TurbineXmlRpcService, TurbineXSLTService

public interface Service

extends Initable

Services are Initables that have a name, and a set of properties.

Version:

$Id: Service.java 264148 2005-08-29 14:21:04Z henning $

Author:

Greg Ritter, Brett McLaughlin, Kevin Burton, Rafal Krzewski, Daniel Rall

Field Summary

static java.lang.String

SERVICE_NAME The name of this service.

Method Summary

org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration	getConfiguration() Returns the Configuration of this Service.
java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this Service.
java.util.Properties	getProperties() Returns the Properties of this Service.
void	setName(java.lang.String name) ServiceBroker uses this method to pass a Service its name.
void	setServiceBroker(ServiceBroker broker) Provides a Service with a reference to the ServiceBroker that instantiated this object, so that it can ask for its properties and access other Services.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.turbine.services.Initable

getInit, init, init, setInitableBroker, shutdown

Field Detail

SERVICE_NAME

public static final java.lang.String SERVICE_NAME

The name of this service.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Method Detail

setServiceBroker

public void setServiceBroker(ServiceBroker broker)

Provides a Service with a reference to the ServiceBroker that instantiated this object, so that it can ask for its properties and access other Services.

Parameters:

broker - The ServiceBroker that instantiated this object.

setName

public void setName(java.lang.String name)

ServiceBroker uses this method to pass a Service its name. Service uses its name to ask the broker for an apropriate set of Properties.

Parameters:

name - The name of this Service.

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this Service.

Returns:

The name of this Service.

getProperties

public java.util.Properties getProperties()

Returns the Properties of this Service. Every Service has at least one property, which is "classname", containing the name of the class implementing this service. Note that the service may chose to alter its properties, therefore they may be different from those returned by ServiceBroker.

Returns:

The properties of this Service.

getConfiguration

public org.apache.commons.configuration.Configuration getConfiguration()

Returns the Configuration of this Service. Every Service has at least one property, which is "classname", containing the name of the class implementing this service. Note that the service may chose to alter its configuration, therefore they may be different from those returned by ServiceBroker.

Returns:

The Configuration of this Service.