org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect
Interface ServiceReferenceMetadata

All Superinterfaces:

ComponentMetadata, Metadata, NonNullMetadata

All Known Subinterfaces:

ReferenceListMetadata, ReferenceMetadata

public interface ServiceReferenceMetadata
extends ComponentMetadata

Metadata for a reference to an OSGi service. This is the base type for ReferenceListMetadata and ReferenceMetadata.

ThreadSafe

Field Summary

static int	AVAILABILITY_MANDATORY A matching service is required at all times.
static int	AVAILABILITY_OPTIONAL A matching service is not required to be present.

Fields inherited from interface org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect.ComponentMetadata

ACTIVATION_EAGER, ACTIVATION_LAZY

Method Summary

int	getAvailability() Return whether or not a matching service is required at all times.
java.lang.String	getComponentName() Return the value of the component-name attribute of the service reference.
java.lang.String	getFilter() Return the filter expression that a matching service must match.
java.lang.String	getInterface() Return the name of the interface type that a matching service must support.
java.util.Collection<ReferenceListener>	getReferenceListeners() Return the reference listeners to receive bind and unbind events.

Methods inherited from interface org.osgi.service.blueprint.reflect.ComponentMetadata

getActivation, getDependsOn, getId

Field Detail

AVAILABILITY_MANDATORY

static final int AVAILABILITY_MANDATORY

A matching service is required at all times.

See Also:

getAvailability(), Constant Field Values

AVAILABILITY_OPTIONAL

static final int AVAILABILITY_OPTIONAL

A matching service is not required to be present.

See Also:

getAvailability(), Constant Field Values

Method Detail

getAvailability

int getAvailability()

Return whether or not a matching service is required at all times. This is specified in the availability attribute of the service reference.

Returns:

Whether or not a matching service is required at all times.

See Also:

AVAILABILITY_MANDATORY, AVAILABILITY_OPTIONAL

getInterface

java.lang.String getInterface()

Return the name of the interface type that a matching service must support. This is specified in the interface attribute of the service reference.

Returns:

The name of the interface type that a matching service must support or null when no interface name is specified.

getComponentName

java.lang.String getComponentName()

Return the value of the component-name attribute of the service reference. This specifies the id of a component that is registered in the service registry. This will create an automatic filter, appended with the filter if set, to select this component based on its automatic id attribute.

Returns:

The value of the component-name attribute of the service reference or null if the attribute is not specified.

getFilter

java.lang.String getFilter()

Return the filter expression that a matching service must match. This is specified by the filter attribute of the service reference.

Returns:

The filter expression that a matching service must match or null if a filter is not specified.

getReferenceListeners

java.util.Collection<ReferenceListener> getReferenceListeners()

Return the reference listeners to receive bind and unbind events. This is specified by the reference-listener elements of the service reference.

Returns:

An immutable Collection of ReferenceListener objects to receive bind and unbind events. The Collection is empty if no reference listeners are specified for the service reference.