ServiceUserMapped.java

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package org.apache.sling.serviceusermapping;

import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;

/**
 * The <code>ServiceUserMapped</code> is a marker service that can be used to ensure that there is an already registered mapping for a certain service/subService.
 * A service reference targeting a <code>ServiceUserMapped</code> will be satisfied only if <code>ServiceUserMapper.getServiceUserID</code>
 * will resolve the subService to an userID.
 * For example setting the reference target to "(subServiceName=mySubService)" ensures that your component only starts when the subService is available.
 * The subServiceName will not be set for mappings that do not have one, and those can be referenced with a negating target "(!(subServiceName=*))".
 * Trying to reference a sub service from a bundle for which it was not registered for will not work.
 *
 * As the service user mapper implementation is using a fallback, it is usually best to use a reference target that includes both
 * options, the sub service name and the fallback, therefore a target like "(|((subServiceName=mySubService)(!(subServiceName=*))))" should be used.
 */
@ProviderType
public interface ServiceUserMapped {


    /**
     * The name of the osgi property holding the sub service name.
     */
    static String SUBSERVICENAME = "subServiceName";

}