public interface BeanContextServiceProvider
One of the primary functions of a BeanContext is to act a as rendezvous between JavaBeans, and BeanContextServiceProviders.
A JavaBean nested within a BeanContext, may ask that BeanContext to provide an instance of a "service", based upon a reference to a Java Class object that represents that service.
If such a service has been registered with the context, or one of its nesting context's, in the case where a context delegate to its context to satisfy a service request, then the BeanContextServiceProvider associated with the service is asked to provide an instance of that service.
The ServcieProvider may always return the same instance, or it may construct a new instance for each request.
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| Iterator | getCurrentServiceSelectors(BeanContextServices bcs,
                          Class serviceClass)Invoked by  BeanContextServices, this method
 gets the current service selectors for the specified service. | 
| Object | getService(BeanContextServices bcs,
          Object requestor,
          Class serviceClass,
          Object serviceSelector)Invoked by  BeanContextServices, this method
 requests an instance of a
 service from thisBeanContextServiceProvider. | 
| void | releaseService(BeanContextServices bcs,
              Object requestor,
              Object service)Invoked by  BeanContextServices,
 this method releases a nestedBeanContextChild's
 (or any arbitrary object associated with aBeanContextChild) reference to the specified service. | 
Object getService(BeanContextServices bcs, Object requestor, Class serviceClass, Object serviceSelector)
BeanContextServices, this method
 requests an instance of a
 service from this BeanContextServiceProvider.bcs - The BeanContextServices associated with this
 particular request. This parameter enables the
 BeanContextServiceProvider to distinguish service
 requests from multiple sources.requestor - The object requesting the serviceserviceClass - The service requestedserviceSelector - the service dependent parameter
 for a particular service, or null if not applicable.void releaseService(BeanContextServices bcs, Object requestor, Object service)
BeanContextServices,
 this method releases a nested BeanContextChild's
 (or any arbitrary object associated with a
 BeanContextChild) reference to the specified service.bcs - the BeanContextServices associated with this
 particular release requestrequestor - the object requesting the service to be releasedservice - the service that is to be releasedIterator getCurrentServiceSelectors(BeanContextServices bcs, Class serviceClass)
BeanContextServices, this method
 gets the current service selectors for the specified service.
 A service selector is a service specific parameter,
 typical examples of which could include: a
 parameter to a constructor for the service implementation class,
 a value for a particular service's property, or a key into a
 map of existing implementations.bcs - the BeanContextServices for this requestserviceClass - the specified service Submit a bug or feature 
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