org.osgi.service.repository

Interface Repository

All Known Implementing Classes:

RepositoryImpl

public interface Repository

Represents a repository that contains resources.

Repositories may be registered as services and may be used as inputs to an Environment.findProviders(Requirement) operation.

Repositories registered as services may be filtered using standard service properties.

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$Id: 95cb10e57c1262d6aae8e3bb5e9d3fa4f8d1cd64 $

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	DISPLAY_NAME Service attribute to provide a human readable name for this repository
static String	ID Service attribute to uniquely identify this repository
static String	NAME Service attribute to define the name of this repository

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Map<org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement,Collection<org.osgi.framework.resource.Capability>>	findProviders(Collection<? extends org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement> requirements) Find any capabilities that match the supplied requirements.
Collection<org.osgi.framework.resource.Capability>	findProviders(org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement requirement) Find any capabilities that match the supplied requirement.

Field Detail

ID

static final String ID

Service attribute to uniquely identify this repository

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Constant Field Values

NAME

static final String NAME

Service attribute to define the name of this repository

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Constant Field Values

DISPLAY_NAME

static final String DISPLAY_NAME

Service attribute to provide a human readable name for this repository

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

findProviders

Collection<org.osgi.framework.resource.Capability> findProviders(org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement requirement)

Find any capabilities that match the supplied requirement.

See Environment.findProviders(org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement) for a discussion on matching.

Parameters:

requirement - The requirement that should be matched

Returns:

A collection of capabilities that match the supplied requirement

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the requirement is null

findProviders

Map<org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement,Collection<org.osgi.framework.resource.Capability>> findProviders(Collection<? extends org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement> requirements)

Find any capabilities that match the supplied requirements.

See Environment.findProviders(org.osgi.framework.resource.Requirement) for a discussion on matching.

Parameters:

requirements - the requirements that should be matched

Returns:

A map of requirements to capabilites that match the supplied requirements

Throws:

NullPointerException - if requirements is null