org.macroing.cit.ioc.container

Class ServiceLoaderComponentLoader

java.lang.Object

org.macroing.cit.ioc.container.ServiceLoaderComponentLoader

All Implemented Interfaces:

ComponentLoader

public final class ServiceLoaderComponentLoader
extends java.lang.Object
implements ComponentLoader

A ComponentLoader implementation that uses a ServiceLoader internally to load Components.

To use this class, you need to add the file META-INF/services/org.macroing.cit.ioc.component.Component to your JAR-file. In this file, type, on separate lines, the fully qualified class names of the Component implementations you wish to load.

For more information, take a look at the Javadocs for the ServiceLoader class in the official Java APIs.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Jörgen Lundgren

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ServiceLoaderComponentLoader() Constructs a new ServiceLoaderComponentLoader instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.util.Set<Component>	load() Returns a Set with the Components to load into a Container instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ServiceLoaderComponentLoader

public ServiceLoaderComponentLoader()

Constructs a new ServiceLoaderComponentLoader instance.

Method Detail

load

public java.util.Set<Component> load()

Returns a Set with the Components to load into a Container instance.

If the order in which the Components are loaded, started and stopped is crucial, consider using a LinkedHashSet. All Containers will use the load order as the order to start and the reverse of that order to stop them.

Specified by:

load in interface ComponentLoader

Returns:

a Set with the Components to load into a Container instance.