ServiceContext.java

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package org.apache.tamaya.spi;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Enumeration;
import java.util.List;


/**
 * This class models the component that is managing the lifecycle current the
 * services used by the Configuration API.
 */
public interface ServiceContext {

    /**
     * @return ordinal of the ServiceContext. The one with the highest ordinal will be taken.
     */
    int ordinal();

    /**
     * Access a service singleton via its type.
     * If multiple implementations for the very serviceType exist then
     * the one with the highest {@link javax.annotation.Priority} will be used.
     *
     * @param <T> the type of the service type.
     * @param serviceType the service type.
     * @return The instance to be used, or {@code null}
     * @throws org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException if there are multiple service implementations with the maximum priority.
     */
    <T> T getService(Class<T> serviceType);

    /**
     * Factory method to create a type, hereby a new instance is created on each access.
     * If multiple implementations for the very serviceType exist then
     * the one with the highest {@link javax.annotation.Priority} will be used as the base
     * for creating subsequent instances.
     *
     * @param <T> the type of the service type.
     * @param serviceType the service type.
     * @return The new instance to be used, or {@code null}
     * @throws org.apache.tamaya.ConfigException if there are multiple service implementations with the maximum priority.
     */
    <T> T create(Class<T> serviceType);

    /**
     * Access a list current services, given its type. The bootstrap mechanism should
     * order the instance for precedence, hereby the most significant should be
     * first in order.
     *
     * @param serviceType
     *            the service type.
     * @param <T> the type of the list element returned by this method
     * @return The instance to be used, never {@code null}
     */
     <T> List<T> getServices(Class<T> serviceType);

    /**
     * Loads resources from the current runtime context. This method allows to use runtime
     * specific code to load resources, e.g. within OSGI environments.
     * @param resource the resource, not {@code null}.
     * @param cl the desired classloader context, if null, the current thread context classloader is used.
     * @return the resources found
     * @throws IOException
     */
    Enumeration<URL> getResources(String resource, ClassLoader cl) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Loads a resource from the current runtime context. This method allows to use runtime
     * specific code to load a resource, e.g. within OSGI environments.
     * @param resource the resource, not {@code null}.
     * @param cl the desired classloader context, if null, the current thread context classloader is used.
     * @return the resource found, or {@code null}.
     * @throws IOException
     */
    URL getResource(String resource, ClassLoader cl);
}