org.gvsig.tools.service.spi

Interface ProviderManager

All Known Subinterfaces:

EditingProviderManager, ExporttoSwingProviderManager, InstallerProviderManager, ProviderManager_WithGetFactories

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProviderManager, DefaultEditingProviderManager, DefaultExporttoSwingProviderManager, DefaultInstallerProviderManager

public interface ProviderManager

Manager the registration of ProviderFactory objects and the creation of Providers.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addProviderFactory(ProviderFactory providerFactory) Adds a new ProviderFactory to the registry.
Provider	createProvider(DynObject serviceParameters, ProviderServices providerServices) Creates a new Provider.
ProviderServices	createProviderServices(Service service) Creates a new ProviderServices object to be used by the Providers.
DynObject	createServiceParameters(String serviceName) Creates the parameters for the Provider created by the factory with the given name.

Method Detail

addProviderFactory

void addProviderFactory(ProviderFactory providerFactory)

Adds a new ProviderFactory to the registry.

Parameters:

providerFactory - to add

createProvider

Provider createProvider(DynObject serviceParameters,
                        ProviderServices providerServices)
                 throws ServiceException

Creates a new Provider.

Parameters:

serviceParameters - for the Provider

providerServices - to be used by the Provider

Returns:

the new Provider

Throws:

ServiceException - if the parameters are not valid or there is an error creating the Provider

createProviderServices

ProviderServices createProviderServices(Service service)

Creates a new ProviderServices object to be used by the Providers.

Parameters:

service - to create the related ProviderServices with.

Returns:

the provider services

createServiceParameters

DynObject createServiceParameters(String serviceName)
                           throws ServiceException

Creates the parameters for the Provider created by the factory with the given name.

Parameters:

serviceName - name of the factory to create the Provider

Returns:

the provider parameters

Throws:

ServiceException