org.osgi.service.remoteserviceadmin
Interface RemoteServiceAdmin

public interface RemoteServiceAdmin

A Remote Service Admin manages the import and export of services. A Distribution Provider can expose a control interface. This interface allows a Topology Manager to control the export and import of services. The API allows a Topology Manager to export a service, to import a service, and find out about the current imports and exports.

ThreadSafe

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<ExportRegistration>	exportService(ServiceReference reference, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> properties) Export a service to a given Endpoint.
java.util.Collection<ExportReference>	getExportedServices() Return the currently active Export References.
java.util.Collection<ImportReference>	getImportedEndpoints() Return the currently active Import References.
ImportRegistration	importService(EndpointDescription endpoint) Import a service from an Endpoint.

Method Detail

exportService

java.util.Collection<ExportRegistration> exportService(ServiceReference reference,
                                                       java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> properties)

Export a service to a given Endpoint. The Remote Service Admin must create an Endpoint from the given description that can be used by other Distribution Providers to connect to this Remote Service Admin and use the exported service. The property keys of a Service Reference are case insensitive while the property keys of the specified properties map are case sensitive. A property key in the specified properties map must therefore override any case variant property key in the properties of the specified Service Reference.

If the caller does not have the appropriate EndpointPermission[endpoint,EXPORT] for an Endpoint, and the Java Runtime Environment supports permissions, then the getException method on the corresponding returned ExportRegistration will return a SecurityException.

Parameters:

reference - The Service Reference to export.

properties - The properties to create a local Endpoint that can be implemented by this Remote Service Admin. If this is null, the Endpoint will be determined by the properties on the service. The properties are the same as given for an exported service. They override any properties in the specified Service Reference (case insensitive). The properties objectClass and service.id, in any case variant, are ignored. Those properties in the Service Reference cannot be overridden. This parameter can be null, this should be treated as an empty map.

Returns:

A Collection of ExportRegistrations for the specified Service Reference and properties. Multiple Export Registrations may be returned because a single service can be exported to multiple Endpoints depending on the available configuration type properties. The result is never null but may be empty if this Remove Service Admin does not recognize any of the configuration types.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - If any of the properties has a value that is not syntactically correct or if the service properties and the overlaid properties do not contain a RemoteConstants.SERVICE_EXPORTED_INTERFACES entry.

java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException - If any of the intents expressed through the properties is not supported by the distribution provider.

importService

ImportRegistration importService(EndpointDescription endpoint)

Import a service from an Endpoint. The Remote Service Admin must use the given Endpoint to create a proxy. This method can return null if the service could not be imported.

Parameters:

endpoint - The Endpoint Description to be used for import.

Returns:

An Import Registration that combines the Endpoint Description and the Service Reference or null if the Endpoint could not be imported.

Throws:

java.lang.SecurityException - If the caller does not have the appropriate EndpointPermission[endpoint,IMPORT] for the Endpoint, and the Java Runtime Environment supports permissions.

getExportedServices

java.util.Collection<ExportReference> getExportedServices()

Return the currently active Export References.

If the caller does not have the appropriate EndpointPermission[endpoint,READ] for an Endpoint, and the Java Runtime Environment supports permissions, then returned collection will not contain a reference to the exported Endpoint.

Returns:

A Collection of ExportReferences that are currently active.

getImportedEndpoints

java.util.Collection<ImportReference> getImportedEndpoints()

Return the currently active Import References.

If the caller does not have the appropriate EndpointPermission[endpoint,READ] for an Endpoint, and the Java Runtime Environment supports permissions, then returned collection will not contain a reference to the imported Endpoint.

Returns:

A Collection of ImportReferences that are currently active.