org.glassfish.hk2
Interface Providers<T>

All Known Subinterfaces:

ContractLocator<T>, ServiceLocator<T>

public interface Providers<T>

This contract provides a means to access runtime component providers.

This is often times produced by ContractLocator and ServiceLocator.

Author:

Jerome Dochez, Jeff Trent, Mason Taube

Method Summary

java.util.Collection<Provider<T>>	all() Return all applicable Providers.
T	get() A shortcut for
Provider<T>	getProvider() Return the "best" Provider from the collection that matches current criteria.

Method Detail

all

java.util.Collection<Provider<T>> all()

Return all applicable Providers. Will always be a non-null return value.

getProvider

Provider<T> getProvider()

Return the "best" Provider from the collection that matches current criteria. If the collection all() is not empty, this will return a non null value. Otherwise the return value is null.

get

T get()

A shortcut for

  if (getProvider() != null)
    return getProvider().get();
  return null;