org.jboss.osgi.spi.util
Class ServiceLoader

java.lang.Object
  org.jboss.osgi.spi.util.ServiceLoader

public final class ServiceLoader
extends Object

Loads service implementations from the classpath that defines the service class.

Since:

14-Dec-2006

Author:

Thomas.Diesler@jboss.com

Method Summary

static <T> T	loadService(Class<T> serviceClass) Loads the first of a list of service implementations defined in META-INF/services/${serviceClass}
static <T> List<T>	loadServices(Class<T> serviceClass) Loads a list of service implementations defined in META-INF/services/${serviceClass}

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

loadServices

public static <T> List<T> loadServices(Class<T> serviceClass)

Loads a list of service implementations defined in META-INF/services/${serviceClass}

Parameters:

serviceClass - The interface that is implemented by all loaded services

Returns:

The list of available service or an empty list

loadService

public static <T> T loadService(Class<T> serviceClass)

Loads the first of a list of service implementations defined in META-INF/services/${serviceClass}

Parameters:

serviceClass - The interface that is implemented by all loaded services

Returns:

The first available service or null