org.bukkit.plugin
Interface ServicesManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimpleServicesManager

public interface ServicesManager

Manages services and service providers. Services are an interface specifying a list of methods that a provider must implement. Providers are implementations of these services. A provider can be queried from the services manager in order to use a service (if one is available). If multiple plugins register a service, then the service with the highest priority takes precedence.

Method Summary

Collection<Class<?>>	getKnownServices() Get a list of known services.
<T> RegisteredServiceProvider<T>	getRegistration(Class<T> service) Queries for a provider registration.
<T> Collection<RegisteredServiceProvider<T>>	getRegistrations(Class<T> service) Get registrations of providers for a service.
List<RegisteredServiceProvider<?>>	getRegistrations(Plugin plugin) Get registrations of providers for a plugin.
<T> boolean	isProvidedFor(Class<T> service) Returns whether a provider has been registered for a service.
<T> T	load(Class<T> service) Queries for a provider.
<T> void	register(Class<T> service, T provider, Plugin plugin, ServicePriority priority) Register a provider of a service.
void	unregister(Class<?> service, Object provider) Unregister a particular provider for a particular service.
void	unregister(Object provider) Unregister a particular provider.
void	unregisterAll(Plugin plugin) Unregister all the providers registered by a particular plugin.

Method Detail

register

<T> void register(Class<T> service,
                  T provider,
                  Plugin plugin,
                  ServicePriority priority)

Register a provider of a service.

Type Parameters:

T - Provider

Parameters:

service - service class

provider - provider to register

plugin - plugin with the provider

priority - priority of the provider

unregisterAll

void unregisterAll(Plugin plugin)

Unregister all the providers registered by a particular plugin.

Parameters:

plugin - The plugin

unregister

void unregister(Class<?> service,
                Object provider)

Unregister a particular provider for a particular service.

Parameters:

service - The service interface

provider - The service provider implementation

unregister

void unregister(Object provider)

Unregister a particular provider.

Parameters:

provider - The service provider implementation

load

<T> T load(Class<T> service)

Queries for a provider. This may return if no provider has been registered for a service. The highest priority provider is returned.

Type Parameters:

T - The service interface

Parameters:

service - The service interface

Returns:

provider or null

getRegistration

<T> RegisteredServiceProvider<T> getRegistration(Class<T> service)

Queries for a provider registration. This may return if no provider has been registered for a service.

Type Parameters:

T - The service interface

Parameters:

service - The service interface

Returns:

provider registration or null

getRegistrations

List<RegisteredServiceProvider<?>> getRegistrations(Plugin plugin)

Get registrations of providers for a plugin.

Parameters:

plugin - The plugin

Returns:

provider registration or null

getRegistrations

<T> Collection<RegisteredServiceProvider<T>> getRegistrations(Class<T> service)

Get registrations of providers for a service. The returned list is unmodifiable.

Type Parameters:

T - The service interface

Parameters:

service - The service interface

Returns:

list of registrations

getKnownServices

Collection<Class<?>> getKnownServices()

Get a list of known services. A service is known if it has registered providers for it.

Returns:

list of known services

isProvidedFor

<T> boolean isProvidedFor(Class<T> service)

Returns whether a provider has been registered for a service. Do not check this first only to call load(service) later, as that would be a non-thread safe situation.

Type Parameters:

T - service

Parameters:

service - service to check

Returns:

whether there has been a registered provider