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
Set<Class<?>>	getExportedTypes() Get a Set of all currently available service types.
<T> Set<Class<T>>	getExportedTypes(Class<T> type) Get a Set of currently available service types for which Class.isAssignableFrom(Class) returns true.
<T> Imported<T>	getServices(Class<T> clazz) Return an Imported instance that can be used to obtain all currently available services of the given Class type.
<T> Imported<T>	getServices(String clazz) Return an Imported instance that can be used to obtain all currently available services with Class.getName() matching the given name.
long	getVersion() Return the current version of this AddonRegistry, which is incremented on every addon PostStartup and PreShutdown event for registered Addon instances.

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

dispose, getAddon, getAddons, getAddons, getName, getRepositories

Method Detail

getServices

<T> Imported<T> getServices(Class<T> clazz)

Return an Imported instance that can be used to obtain all currently available services of the given Class type.

Returns:

the Imported (Never null.)

getServices

<T> Imported<T> getServices(String clazz)

Return an Imported instance that can be used to obtain all currently available services with Class.getName() matching the given name.

Returns:

the Imported (Never null.)

getExportedTypes

Set<Class<?>> getExportedTypes()

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

Returns:

the Set of Class types (Never null.)

getVersion

long getVersion()

Return the current version of this AddonRegistry, which is incremented on every addon PostStartup and PreShutdown event for registered Addon instances. (Starts at 0 and counts up.)