/* * Copyright (c) OSGi Alliance (2000, 2012). All Rights Reserved. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. * You may obtain a copy of the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and * limitations under the License. */ package org.osgi.framework; import java.util.Dictionary; /** * A reference to a service. * *

* The Framework returns {@code ServiceReference} objects from the * {@code BundleContext.getServiceReference} and * {@code BundleContext.getServiceReferences} methods. *

* A {@code ServiceReference} object may be shared between bundles and can be * used to examine the properties of the service and to get the service object. *

* Every service registered in the Framework has a unique * {@code ServiceRegistration} object and may have multiple, distinct * {@code ServiceReference} objects referring to it. {@code ServiceReference} * objects associated with a {@code ServiceRegistration} object have the same * {@code hashCode} and are considered equal (more specifically, their * {@code equals()} method will return {@code true} when compared). *

* If the same service object is registered multiple times, * {@code ServiceReference} objects associated with different * {@code ServiceRegistration} objects are not equal. * * @param Type of Service. * @see BundleContext#getServiceReference(Class) * @see BundleContext#getServiceReference(String) * @see BundleContext#getServiceReferences(Class, String) * @see BundleContext#getServiceReferences(String, String) * @see BundleContext#getService(ServiceReference) * @ThreadSafe * @noimplement * @version $Id: 75352193f9f11a2c19692890153c6ff91611023b $ */ public interface ServiceReference extends Comparable { /** * Returns the property value to which the specified property key is mapped * in the properties {@code Dictionary} object of the service referenced by * this {@code ServiceReference} object. * *

* Property keys are case-insensitive. * *

* This method must continue to return property values after the service has * been unregistered. This is so references to unregistered services (for * example, {@code ServiceReference} objects stored in the log) can still be * interrogated. * * @param key The property key. * @return The property value to which the key is mapped; {@code null} if * there is no property named after the key. */ public Object getProperty(String key); /** * Returns an array of the keys in the properties {@code Dictionary} object * of the service referenced by this {@code ServiceReference} object. * *

* This method will continue to return the keys after the service has been * unregistered. This is so references to unregistered services (for * example, {@code ServiceReference} objects stored in the log) can still be * interrogated. * *

* This method is case-preserving ; this means that every key in the * returned array must have the same case as the corresponding key in the * properties {@code Dictionary} that was passed to the * {@link BundleContext#registerService(String[],Object,Dictionary)} or * {@link ServiceRegistration#setProperties(Dictionary)} methods. * * @return An array of property keys. */ public String[] getPropertyKeys(); /** * Returns the bundle that registered the service referenced by this * {@code ServiceReference} object. * *

* This method must return {@code null} when the service has been * unregistered. This can be used to determine if the service has been * unregistered. * * @return The bundle that registered the service referenced by this * {@code ServiceReference} object; {@code null} if that service has * already been unregistered. * @see BundleContext#registerService(String[],Object,Dictionary) */ public Bundle getBundle(); /** * Returns the bundles that are using the service referenced by this * {@code ServiceReference} object. Specifically, this method returns the * bundles whose usage count for that service is greater than zero. * * @return An array of bundles whose usage count for the service referenced * by this {@code ServiceReference} object is greater than zero; * {@code null} if no bundles are currently using that service. * * @since 1.1 */ public Bundle[] getUsingBundles(); /** * Tests if the bundle that registered the service referenced by this * {@code ServiceReference} and the specified bundle use the same source for * the package of the specified class name. *

* This method performs the following checks: *

    *
  1. Get the package name from the specified class name.
    2. *
  2. For the bundle that registered the service referenced by this * {@code ServiceReference} (registrant bundle); find the source for the * package. If no source is found then return {@code true} if the registrant * bundle is equal to the specified bundle; otherwise return {@code false}.
    3. *
  3. If the package source of the registrant bundle is equal to the * package source of the specified bundle then return {@code true}; * otherwise return {@code false}.
    4. *
* * @param bundle The {@code Bundle} object to check. * @param className The class name to check. * @return {@code true} if the bundle which registered the service * referenced by this {@code ServiceReference} and the specified * bundle use the same source for the package of the specified class * name. Otherwise {@code false} is returned. * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the specified {@code Bundle} was not * created by the same framework instance as this * {@code ServiceReference}. * @since 1.3 */ public boolean isAssignableTo(Bundle bundle, String className); /** * Compares this {@code ServiceReference} with the specified * {@code ServiceReference} for order. * *

* If this {@code ServiceReference} and the specified * {@code ServiceReference} have the same {@link Constants#SERVICE_ID * service id} they are equal. This {@code ServiceReference} is less than * the specified {@code ServiceReference} if it has a lower * {@link Constants#SERVICE_RANKING service ranking} and greater if it has a * higher service ranking. Otherwise, if this {@code ServiceReference} and * the specified {@code ServiceReference} have the same * {@link Constants#SERVICE_RANKING service ranking}, this * {@code ServiceReference} is less than the specified * {@code ServiceReference} if it has a higher {@link Constants#SERVICE_ID * service id} and greater if it has a lower service id. * * @param reference The {@code ServiceReference} to be compared. * @return Returns a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer if this * {@code ServiceReference} is less than, equal to, or greater than * the specified {@code ServiceReference}. * @throws IllegalArgumentException If the specified * {@code ServiceReference} was not created by the same framework * instance as this {@code ServiceReference}. * @since 1.4 */ public int compareTo(Object reference); }