Interface ServiceRegistry.Filter

Enclosing class:

ServiceRegistry

public static interface ServiceRegistry.Filter

A simple filter interface used by ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders to select providers matching an arbitrary criterion. Classes that implement this interface should be defined in order to make use of the getServiceProviders method of ServiceRegistry that takes a Filter.

See Also:

ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders(Class, ServiceRegistry.Filter, boolean)

Methods

filter

boolean filter(Object provider)

Returns true if the given provider object matches the criterion defined by this Filter.

Parameters:

provider - a service provider Object.

Returns:

true if the provider matches the criterion.