Service (FitLayout Core 2.0.4 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

AreaTreeOperator, ArtifactService, Tagger

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseArtifactService, BaseOperator, BaseParametrizedOperation, BaseService, OperatorApplicationProvider, OperatorWrapperProvider, VisualBoxTreeProvider
```
public interface Service
```
A generic service with its ID, name and description.

Author:

burgetr

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getCategory()`	A category that allows to group similar services.
`String`	`getDescription()`	Obtains a longer description of the service.
`String`	`getId()`	Obtains a unique ID of the service
`String`	`getName()`	Obtains a descriptive name of the service that may be presented to the user.
`void`	`setServiceManager(ServiceManager manager)`	Assigns a service manager to the service.

- Method Detail
  - getId
```
String getId()
```
    Obtains a unique ID of the service
  - getName
```
String getName()
```
    Obtains a descriptive name of the service that may be presented to the user.
    
    Returns:
    
    the operator name
  - getDescription
```
String getDescription()
```
    Obtains a longer description of the service.
    
    Returns:
    
    the description
  - getCategory
```
String getCategory()
```
    A category that allows to group similar services.
    
    Returns:
    
    Category name or null when no category is assigned.
  - setServiceManager
```
void setServiceManager(ServiceManager manager)
```
    Assigns a service manager to the service. This is typically called by the service manager itself during the service initialization.
    
    Parameters:
    
    manager - The service manager to be set.