org.apache.tuscany.sca.extensibility
Interface ServiceDiscoverer

All Known Implementing Classes:

ContextClassLoaderServiceDiscoverer, EquinoxServiceDiscoverer, OSGiServiceDiscoverer

public interface ServiceDiscoverer

A SPI that allows different implementations of discovering service declarations

Method Summary

java.util.Set<ServiceDeclaration>

discover(java.lang.String serviceName, boolean firstOnly) Discover the service descriptors by name

Method Detail

discover

java.util.Set<ServiceDeclaration> discover(java.lang.String serviceName,
                                           boolean firstOnly)

Discover the service descriptors by name

Parameters:

serviceName - The name of the service

firstOnly - A flag to indicate if only the first instance is to be discovered

Returns:

A set of service descriptors