org.apache.camel.spi

Interface Registry

All Known Implementing Classes:

CompositeRegistry, JndiRegistry, PropertyPlaceholderDelegateRegistry, SimpleRegistry

public interface Registry

Represents a service registry which may be implemented via a Spring ApplicationContext, via JNDI, a simple Map or the OSGi Service Registry

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Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
<T> Set<T>	findByType(Class<T> type) Finds services in the registry by their type.
<T> Map<String,T>	findByTypeWithName(Class<T> type) Finds services in the registry by their type.
Object	lookup(String name) Deprecated. use lookupByName(String)
<T> T	lookup(String name, Class<T> type) Deprecated. use lookupByNameAndType(String, Class)
Object	lookupByName(String name) Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name, returning the service or null if it could not be found.
<T> T	lookupByNameAndType(String name, Class<T> type) Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or null if it could not be found.
<T> Map<String,T>	lookupByType(Class<T> type) Deprecated. use findByTypeWithName(Class)

Method Detail

lookupByName

Object lookupByName(String name)

Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name, returning the service or null if it could not be found.

Parameters:

name - the name of the service

Returns:

the service from the registry or null if it could not be found

lookupByNameAndType

<T> T lookupByNameAndType(String name,
                        Class<T> type)

Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or null if it could not be found.

Parameters:

name - the name of the service

type - the type of the required service

Returns:

the service from the registry or null if it could not be found

findByTypeWithName

<T> Map<String,T> findByTypeWithName(Class<T> type)

Finds services in the registry by their type.

Parameters:

type - the type of the registered services

Returns:

the types found, with their ids as the key. Returns an empty Map if none found.

findByType

<T> Set<T> findByType(Class<T> type)

Finds services in the registry by their type.

Parameters:

type - the type of the registered services

Returns:

the types found. Returns an empty Set if none found.

lookup

@Deprecated
Object lookup(String name)

Deprecated. use lookupByName(String)

Looks up a service in the registry based purely on name, returning the service or null if it could not be found.

Parameters:

name - the name of the service

Returns:

the service from the registry or null if it could not be found

lookup

@Deprecated
<T> T lookup(String name,
                      Class<T> type)

Deprecated. use lookupByNameAndType(String, Class)

Looks up a service in the registry, returning the service or null if it could not be found. cha

Parameters:

name - the name of the service

type - the type of the required service

Returns:

the service from the registry or null if it could not be found

lookupByType

@Deprecated
<T> Map<String,T> lookupByType(Class<T> type)

Deprecated. use findByTypeWithName(Class)

Looks up services in the registry by their type.

Note: Not all registry implementations support this feature, such as the JndiRegistry.

Parameters:

type - the type of the registered services

Returns:

the types found, with their id as the key. Returns an empty Map if none found.