Component.java

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package org.apache.felix.dm;

import java.util.Dictionary;

import org.osgi.framework.ServiceRegistration;


/**
 * Component interface. Components are the main building blocks for OSGi applications.
 * They can publish themselves as a service, and they can have dependencies. These
 * dependencies will influence their life cycle as component will only be activated
 * when all required dependencies are available.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@felix.apache.org">Felix Project Team</a>
 */
public interface Component {
    /**
     * Sets the implementation for this component. You can actually specify
     * an instance you have instantiated manually, or a <code>Class</code>
     * that will be instantiated using its default constructor when the
     * required dependencies are resolved, effectively giving you a lazy
     * instantiation mechanism.
     * 
     * There are four special methods that are called when found through
     * reflection to give you life cycle management options:
     * <ol>
     * <li><code>init()</code> is invoked after the instance has been
     * created and dependencies have been resolved, and can be used to
     * initialize the internal state of the instance or even to add more
     * dependencies based on runtime state</li>
     * <li><code>start()</code> is invoked right before the service is 
     * registered</li>
     * <li><code>stop()</code> is invoked right after the service is
     * unregistered</li>
     * <li><code>destroy()</code> is invoked after all dependencies are
     * removed</li>
     * </ol>
     * In short, this allows you to initialize your instance before it is
     * registered, perform some post-initialization and pre-destruction code
     * as well as final cleanup. If a method is not defined, it simply is not
     * called, so you can decide which one(s) you need. If you need even more
     * fine-grained control, you can register as a service state listener too.
     * 
     * @param implementation the implementation
     * @return this component
     * @see ComponentStateListener
     */
	public Component setImplementation(Object implementation);

    /**
     * Adds dependency(ies) to this component, atomically. If the component is already active or if you add
     * dependencies from the init method, then you should add all the dependencies in one single add method call 
     * (using the varargs argument), because this method may trigger component activation (like
     * the ServiceTracker.open() method does).
     * 
     * @param dependencies the dependencies to add.
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component add(Dependency ... dependencies);
	
	/**
	 * Removes a dependency from the component.
	 * @param d the dependency to remove
	 * @return this component
	 */
	public Component remove(Dependency d);

    /**
     * Adds a component state listener to this component.
     * 
     * @param listener the state listener
     */
	public Component add(ComponentStateListener listener);

    /**
     * Removes a component state listener from this component.
     * 
     * @param listener the state listener
     */
	public Component remove(ComponentStateListener listener);

    /**
     * Sets the public interface under which this component should be registered
     * in the OSGi service registry.
     *  
     * @param serviceName the name of the service interface
     * @param properties the properties for this service
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setInterface(String serviceName, Dictionary<?,?> properties);

    /**
     * Sets the public interfaces under which this component should be registered
     * in the OSGi service registry.
     *  
     * @param serviceNames the names of the service interface
     * @param properties the properties for these services
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setInterface(String[] serviceNames, Dictionary<?, ?> properties);

    /**
     * Configures auto configuration of injected classes in the component instance.
     * The following injections are currently performed, unless you explicitly
     * turn them off:
     * <dl>
     * <dt>BundleContext</dt><dd>the bundle context of the bundle</dd>
     * <dt>ServiceRegistration</dt><dd>the service registration used to register your service</dd>
     * <dt>DependencyManager</dt><dd>the dependency manager instance</dd>
     * <dt>Component</dt><dd>the component instance of the dependency manager</dd>
     * </dl>
     * 
     * @param clazz the class (from the list above)
     * @param autoConfig <code>false</code> to turn off auto configuration
     */
	public Component setAutoConfig(Class<?> clazz, boolean autoConfig);

    /**
     * Configures auto configuration of injected classes in the component instance.
     * 
     * @param clazz the class (from the list above)
     * @param instanceName the name of the instance to inject the class into
     * @see #setAutoConfig(Class, boolean)
     */
	public Component setAutoConfig(Class<?> clazz, String instanceName);

    /**
     * Returns the service registration for this component. The method
     * will return <code>null</code> if no service registration is
     * available, for example if this component is not registered as a
     * service at all.
     * 
     * @return the service registration
     */
	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
	public ServiceRegistration getServiceRegistration();

    /**
     * Returns the instance that make up this component. If the component has a composition of instances,
     * then the first instance of the composition is returned. Null is returned if the component has not 
     * even been instantiated.
     * 
     * @return the component instances
     */
	public <T> T getInstance();

    /**
     * Returns the composition instances that make up this component, or just the
     * component instance if it does not have a composition, or an empty array if
     * the component has not even been instantiated.
     * 
     * @return the component instances
     */
	public Object[] getInstances();

    /**
     * Returns the service properties associated with the component.
     * 
     * @return the properties or <code>null</code> if there are none
     */
	public <K,V> Dictionary<K,V> getServiceProperties();

    /**
     * Sets the service properties associated with the component. If the service
     * was already registered, it will be updated.
     * 
     * @param serviceProperties the properties
     */
	public Component setServiceProperties(Dictionary<?, ?> serviceProperties);

    /**
     * Sets the names of the methods used as callbacks. These methods, when found, are
     * invoked as part of the life cycle management of the component implementation. The
     * dependency manager will look for a method of this name with the following signatures,
     * in this order:
     * <ol>
     * <li>method(Component component)</li>
     * <li>method()</li>
     * </ol>
     * 
     * @param init the name of the init method
     * @param start the name of the start method
     * @param stop the name of the stop method
     * @param destroy the name of the destroy method
     * @return the component
     */
	public Component setCallbacks(String init, String start, String stop, String destroy);

    /**
     * Sets the names of the methods used as callbacks. These methods, when found, are
     * invoked on the specified instance as part of the life cycle management of the component
     * implementation.
     * <p>
     * See setCallbacks(String init, String start, String stop, String destroy) for more
     * information on the signatures. Specifying an instance means you can create a manager
     * that will be invoked whenever the life cycle of a component changes and this manager
     * can then decide how to expose this life cycle to the actual component, offering an
     * important indirection when developing your own component models.
     *
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setCallbacks(Object instance, String init, String start, String stop, String destroy);

    /**
     * Sets the factory to use to create the implementation. You can specify
     * both the factory class and method to invoke. The method should return
     * the implementation, and can use any method to create it. Actually, this
     * can be used together with <code>setComposition</code> to create a
     * composition of instances that work together to implement a component. The
     * factory itself can also be instantiated lazily by not specifying an
     * instance, but a <code>Class</code>.
     * 
     * @param factory the factory instance or class
     * @param createMethod the name of the create method
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setFactory(Object factory, String createMethod);

    /**
     * Sets the factory to use to create the implementation. You specify the
     * method to invoke. The method should return the implementation, and can
     * use any method to create it. Actually, this can be used together with
     * <code>setComposition</code> to create a composition of instances that
     * work together to implement a component.
     * <p>
     * Note that currently, there is no default for the factory, so please use
     * <code>setFactory(factory, createMethod)</code> instead.
     * 
     * @param createMethod the name of the create method
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setFactory(String createMethod);

    /**
     * Sets the instance and method to invoke to get back all instances that
     * are part of a composition and need dependencies injected. All of them
     * will be searched for any of the dependencies. The method that is
     * invoked must return an <code>Object[]</code>.
     * 
     * @param instance the instance that has the method
     * @param getMethod the method to invoke
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setComposition(Object instance, String getMethod);

    /**
     * Sets the method to invoke on the service implementation to get back all
     * instances that are part of a composition and need dependencies injected.
     * All of them will be searched for any of the dependencies. The method that
     * is invoked must return an <code>Object[]</code>.
     * 
     * @param getMethod the method to invoke
     * @return this component
     */
	public Component setComposition(String getMethod);

    /**
     * Returns the dependency manager associated with this component.
     * @return the dependency manager associated with this component.
     */
	public DependencyManager getDependencyManager();

	/**
	 * Returns the component description (dependencies, service provided, etc ...).
	 * @return the component description (dependencies, service provided, etc ...).
	 */
	public ComponentDeclaration getComponentDeclaration();
	
	/**
	 * Activate debug for this component. Informations related to dependency processing will be displayed
	 * using osgi log service, our to standard output if no log service is currently available.
	 * @param label
	 */
	public Component setDebug(String label);
}