org.eclipse.higgins.registry
Interface IRegistryExtension

Type Parameters:

E - the service provider type

All Known Implementing Classes:

HCRegistryExtension, IIORegistryExtension, PluginRegistryExtension, SecurityRegistryExtension

public interface IRegistryExtension

Higgins Registry uses registry extensions to lookup for available service providers.

See Also:

HigginsRegistry, IServiceProvider

Method Summary

Iterator

getServiceProviders() Searches for implementations of a particular service provider type.

Method Detail

getServiceProviders

Iterator getServiceProviders()

Searches for implementations of a particular service provider type. Instantiates and returns all available service providers of appropriate type E>.

Returns:

an Iterator set of IServiceProviders