org.testifyproject

Interface ServiceInstance

public interface ServiceInstance

A contract that defines methods for working with various dependency injection frameworks to add services and modules as well as retrieve services.

Author:

saden

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	destroy() Destroy the service instance.
<T> T	getContext() Get the context object associated with the service instance.
default Set<Class<? extends Annotation>>	getCustomQualifiers() Get all the custom qualifier annotations classes supported by the service locator.
default Set<Class<? extends Annotation>>	getNameQualifers() Get all the name qualifier annotation classes supported by the service locator.
<T> T	getService(Type type, Annotation... qualifiers) Get a service with the given qualifiers.
<T> T	getService(Type type, String name) Get a service with the given name.
default void	inject(Object instance) Injected collaborators into the given object instance.
default Boolean	isRunning() Determine if the service instance is running.

Method Detail

getContext

<T> T getContext()

Get the context object associated with the service instance.

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the context object

Returns:

the service instance context object.

getService

<T> T getService(Type type,
                 String name)

Get a service with the given name.

Type Parameters:

T - the service type

Parameters:

type - the service type

name - the service name

Returns:

an instance of the service

getService

<T> T getService(Type type,
                 Annotation... qualifiers)

Get a service with the given qualifiers.

Type Parameters:

T - the service type

Parameters:

type - the service type

qualifiers - the service qualifiers

Returns:

an instance of the service

isRunning

default Boolean isRunning()

Determine if the service instance is running.

Returns:

true if the service is running, false otherwise.

destroy

default void destroy()

Destroy the service instance.

inject

default void inject(Object instance)

Injected collaborators into the given object instance.

Parameters:

instance - the instance that will be injected.

getNameQualifers

default Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> getNameQualifers()

Get all the name qualifier annotation classes supported by the service locator.

Returns:

a set containing name qualifier annotation classes.

getCustomQualifiers

default Set<Class<? extends Annotation>> getCustomQualifiers()

Get all the custom qualifier annotations classes supported by the service locator.

Returns:

a set containing custom qualifier annotation classes.