de.intarsys.tools.provider
Class Providers

java.lang.Object
  de.intarsys.tools.provider.Providers

public class Providers
extends Object

This is an alternative service- or provider loading tool.

The standard ServiceLoader architecture is quite unfriendly to reflective access and is even more unfriendly to a lightweight generic build&deployment procedure.

This implementation uses a single file "META-INF/provider/provider.list" to enumerate service/implementation pairs. Each service is listed on a line of its own. The service is followed by a ";", then followed by the implementation class. Empty lines are ignored.

Field Summary

static char	COMMENT
static String	SEPARATOR

Method Summary

static Providers	get()
static Providers	get(ClassLoader classloader)
<S> Iterator<S>	lookupProviders(Class<S> service)
void	register(InputStream is)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

COMMENT

public static final char COMMENT

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Constant Field Values

SEPARATOR

public static final String SEPARATOR

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

get

public static Providers get()

get

public static Providers get(ClassLoader classloader)

lookupProviders

public <S> Iterator<S> lookupProviders(Class<S> service)

register

public void register(InputStream is)
              throws IOException

Throws:

IOException