org.jboss.forge.furnace.addons

Interface AddonRegistry

All Superinterfaces:

AddonView

public interface AddonRegistry
extends AddonView

Provides methods for registering, starting, stopping, and interacting with registered Addon instances.

Author:

Lincoln Baxter, III

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> ExportedInstance<T>	getExportedInstance(Class<T> type) Get an instance of any currently available Exported service of the given Class type.
<T> ExportedInstance<T>	getExportedInstance(String type) Get an instance of any currently available Exported service types with Class.getName() matching the given name.
<T> Set<ExportedInstance<T>>	getExportedInstances(Class<T> clazz) Get the set of currently available Exported services of the given Class type.
<T> Set<ExportedInstance<T>>	getExportedInstances(String clazz) Get the set of currently available Exported services types with Class.getName() matching the given name.
Set<Class<?>>	getExportedTypes() Get a Set of all currently available Exported service types.
<T> Set<Class<T>>	getExportedTypes(Class<T> type) Get a Set of currently available Exported service types for which Class.isAssignableFrom(Class) returns true.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.forge.furnace.addons.AddonView

dispose, getAddon, getAddons, getAddons, getName, getRepositories

Method Detail

getExportedInstances

<T> Set<ExportedInstance<T>> getExportedInstances(Class<T> clazz)

Get the set of currently available Exported services of the given Class type. Return Collections.EMPTY_SET if no matching services are found.

Returns:

the Set of ExportedInstance objects (Never null.)

getExportedInstances

<T> Set<ExportedInstance<T>> getExportedInstances(String clazz)

Get the set of currently available Exported services types with Class.getName() matching the given name. Return Collections.EMPTY_SET if no matching services are found.

Returns:

the Set of ExportedInstance objects (Never null.)

getExportedInstance

<T> ExportedInstance<T> getExportedInstance(Class<T> type)

Get an instance of any currently available Exported service of the given Class type. Return null if no matching service can be found.

Returns:

the ExportedInstance (May be null.)

getExportedInstance

<T> ExportedInstance<T> getExportedInstance(String type)

Get an instance of any currently available Exported service types with Class.getName() matching the given name. Return null if no matching service can be found.

Returns:

the ExportedInstance (May be null.)

getExportedTypes

Set<Class<?>> getExportedTypes()

Get a Set of all currently available Exported service types.

Returns:

the Set of Class types (Never null.)

getExportedTypes

<T> Set<Class<T>> getExportedTypes(Class<T> type)

Get a Set of currently available Exported service types for which Class.isAssignableFrom(Class) returns true.

Returns:

the Set of Class types (Never null.)