org.apache.fulcrum.yaafi.framework.component

Interface ServiceComponent

All Superinterfaces:

ServiceComponentLifecycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

AvalonServiceComponentImpl, ServiceComponentImpl

public interface ServiceComponent
extends ServiceComponentLifecycle

This interface defines a service component singleton with an arbitrary lifecycle.

Author:

Siegfried Goeschl

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getName() Get the unique name of the service component instance.
RoleEntry	getRoleEntry() Returns the associates role entry parsed from the role configuration file.
java.lang.String	getShorthand() Get the shorthand of the service component instance.

Methods inherited from interface org.apache.fulcrum.yaafi.framework.component.ServiceComponentLifecycle

decommision, dispose, getInstance, incarnate, loadImplemtationClass, reconfigure, setConfiguration, setContext, setLogger, setParameters, setServiceManager

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Get the unique name of the service component instance.

Returns:

the name of the service component

getShorthand

java.lang.String getShorthand()

Get the shorthand of the service component instance. The shorthand is usually used to lookup the configuration entries.

Returns:

the shorthand of the service component

getRoleEntry

RoleEntry getRoleEntry()

Returns the associates role entry parsed from the role configuration file.

Returns:

the role entry