org.apache.accumulo.start.spi

Interface KeywordExecutable

public interface KeywordExecutable

An interface used with the Java ServiceLoader to auto-discover classes executable with a convenient keyword on the command-line.

All implementing classes who have an entry in META-INF/services/KeywordExecutable on the classpath will be constructed by the ServiceLoader, so they should be lightweight and quickly constructible with a mandatory no-argument constructor. Because of this, implementing classes could simply be factories which execute a different class, if that class is expensive to construct or cannot have a no-argument constructor.

One way to easily create META-INF/services files is to use the AutoService annotation.

If the implementing class also wishes to have a redundant main method, it may be useful to simply implement main as:
new MyImplementingClass().execute(args);

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	execute(String[] args) Execute the item with the given arguments.
String	keyword() Provides access to the service's keyword.

Method Detail

keyword

String keyword()

Provides access to the service's keyword.

Returns:

the keyword which identifies this service

execute

void execute(String[] args)
      throws Exception

Execute the item with the given arguments.

Parameters:

args - command-line arguments to pass to the executed class

Throws:

Exception