org.apache.aries.application.modelling
Interface WrappedServiceMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<WrappedServiceMetadata>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ExportedService

public interface WrappedServiceMetadata
extends Comparable<WrappedServiceMetadata>

A proxy for org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect.ServiceMetadata, which we cannot pass to clients in the outer framework. We'll just expose the methods that we know we're going to need.

Method Summary

Collection<String>	getInterfaces() Get the interfaces implemented by the service
String	getName() Get the service name.
int	getRanking() Get the service ranking
Map<String,Object>	getServiceProperties() Get the properties of the associated blueprint service
boolean	identicalOrDiffersOnlyByName(WrappedServiceMetadata w) Sometimes we want to know if two services are identical except for their names

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getServiceProperties

Map<String,Object> getServiceProperties()

Get the properties of the associated blueprint service

Returns:

Service properties. The values in the Map will be either String or String[].

getInterfaces

Collection<String> getInterfaces()

Get the interfaces implemented by the service

Returns:

List of interfaces

getName

String getName()

Get the service name. This we hope will be short, human-readable, and unique.

Returns:

Service name

getRanking

int getRanking()

Get the service ranking

Returns:

ranking

identicalOrDiffersOnlyByName

boolean identicalOrDiffersOnlyByName(WrappedServiceMetadata w)

Sometimes we want to know if two services are identical except for their names

Parameters:

w - A wrapped service metadata for comparison.

Returns:

true if the two services are indistinguishable (in the OSGi service registry) - this will be true if only their names are different, and their interfaces and service properties the same.