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Class ServiceTypeDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  tamago.ServiceTypeDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

ServiceType

public class ServiceTypeDescriptor
extends java.lang.Object
implements ServiceType

Constructor Summary

ServiceTypeDescriptor(java.lang.String type_name, java.lang.Class<?> type_class)

Method Summary

java.lang.Class<?>	getImplementation() get the implementation of the service Note: this is not the implementation of a provider for the service.
java.lang.String	getName() get the name of the service (a service name is unique)
boolean	isProvidedBy(java.lang.Object o) tell if the service is provided by the argument
boolean	isSameType(ServiceType type2) tell if the service is identical to the argument
boolean	isStrictSubType(ServiceType supertype) tell if the service is a strict subtype of the argument
boolean	isStrictSuperType(ServiceType subtype) tell if the service is a strict supertype of the argument
boolean	isSubType(ServiceType supertype) tell if the service is a subtype of the argument
boolean	isSuperType(ServiceType subtype) tell if the service is a supertype of the argument

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ServiceTypeDescriptor

public ServiceTypeDescriptor(java.lang.String type_name,
                             java.lang.Class<?> type_class)

Method Detail

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

get the name of the service (a service name is unique)

Specified by:

getName in interface ServiceType

Returns:

the name of the service

getImplementation

public java.lang.Class<?> getImplementation()

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

get the implementation of the service Note: this is not the implementation of a provider for the service.

Specified by:

getImplementation in interface ServiceType

Returns:

the class implementing the service description

isSuperType

public boolean isSuperType(ServiceType subtype)

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

tell if the service is a supertype of the argument

Specified by:

isSuperType in interface ServiceType

Parameters:

subtype - the subtype candidate

Returns:

true if the service type is a supertype of the candidate, or false in the other case.

isSubType

public boolean isSubType(ServiceType supertype)

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

tell if the service is a subtype of the argument

Specified by:

isSubType in interface ServiceType

Parameters:

supertype - the supertype candidate

Returns:

true if the service type is a subtype of the candidate, or false in the other case.

isSameType

public boolean isSameType(ServiceType type2)

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

tell if the service is identical to the argument

Specified by:

isSameType in interface ServiceType

Parameters:

type2 - the identical type candidate

Returns:

true if the service type is identical to the candidate, or false if both types are different.

isStrictSuperType

public boolean isStrictSuperType(ServiceType subtype)

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

tell if the service is a strict supertype of the argument

Specified by:

isStrictSuperType in interface ServiceType

Parameters:

subtype - the subtype candidate

Returns:

true if the service type is a strict supertype of the candidate, or false in the other case.

isStrictSubType

public boolean isStrictSubType(ServiceType supertype)

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

tell if the service is a strict subtype of the argument

Specified by:

isStrictSubType in interface ServiceType

Parameters:

supertype - the supertype candidate

Returns:

true if the service type is a strict subtype of the candidate, or false in the other case.

isProvidedBy

public boolean isProvidedBy(java.lang.Object o)

Description copied from interface: ServiceType

tell if the service is provided by the argument

Specified by:

isProvidedBy in interface ServiceType

Parameters:

o - the provider candidate

Returns:

true if the passed argument is a provider for the service type