org.eclipse.emf.ecp.core
Interface ECPProviderRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

ECPProviderRegistryImpl

public interface ECPProviderRegistry

Registry class to manage the registered providers. It is available as an OSGi service or using ECPUtil It publishes observable events on the ECPObserverBus. Related ECPObserver types: ECPProvidersChangedObserver. Use ECPUtil#getECPObserverBus() to retrieve the ObserverBus and ECPObserverBus#register(ECPObserver) to register an Observer.

Author:

Eike Stepper, Jonas

Method Summary

void	addProvider(ECPProvider provider) Method to programmatically add an ECPProvider to list of available provider.
ECPProvider	getProvider(String name) This method returns the ECPProvider based on the name.
Collection<ECPProvider>	getProviders() This method returns all known providers.
void	removeProvider(String name) Delete a provider programmatically from the list of available providers by its name.

Method Detail

getProvider

ECPProvider getProvider(String name)

This method returns the ECPProvider based on the name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the ECPProvider to search for

Returns:

the ECPProvider

getProviders

Collection<ECPProvider> getProviders()

This method returns all known providers.

Returns:

array of ECPProviders

addProvider

void addProvider(ECPProvider provider)

Method to programmatically add an ECPProvider to list of available provider.

Parameters:

provider - the ECPProvider to add

removeProvider

void removeProvider(String name)

Delete a provider programmatically from the list of available providers by its name.

Parameters:

name - the name of the provider to delete