org.apache.jetspeed.service
Interface Service

All Known Subinterfaces:

PersistenceService

public interface Service

The Service interface has to be implemented by every service that needs to be available through the service factory

See Also:

ServiceFactory

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getName() Returns the name of this service.
void	init(org.apache.turbine.util.RunData aRunData, java.lang.Object[] aParams) Initializes the newly created service with the given rundata object and parameters.

Method Detail

init

public void init(org.apache.turbine.util.RunData aRunData,
                 java.lang.Object[] aParams)
          throws ServiceException

Initializes the newly created service with the given rundata object and parameters.

This method is called by the service factory. If no parameters are passed to the service factory the parameters are null.

Parameters:

aRunData - the Turbine rundata

aParams - the service-specific initialization parameters

Throws:

ServiceException - if the initialization of the service fails e.g. because the given parameter list is not correct

getName

public java.lang.String getName()

Returns the name of this service.

Returns:

the name