1 /* 2 * Copyright 2003,2004 The Apache Software Foundation. 3 * 4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7 * 8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9 * 10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 /* 17 18 */ 19 20 package org.apache.pluto.portalImpl.services.factorymanager; 21 22 import org.apache.pluto.factory.Factory; 23 import org.apache.pluto.portalImpl.services.Service; 24 25 /** 26 * Manages the life-time of factories registered during container startup. 27 * A service has to derive from {@link Factory} and implement the 28 * <CODE>init()</CODE> and <CODE>destroy()</CODE> methods as appropriate. 29 * 30 * @see Factory 31 */ 32 public abstract class FactoryManagerService 33 extends Service 34 implements org.apache.pluto.services.factory.FactoryManagerService 35 { 36 37 38 // org.apache.pluto.services.factory.FactoryManagerService implementation. 39 40 /** 41 ** Returns the service implementation for the given service class, or 42 ** <CODE>null</CODE> if no such service is registered. 43 ** 44 ** @param theClass 45 ** the service class 46 ** 47 ** @return the service implementation 48 **/ 49 50 public abstract Factory getFactory (Class theClass); 51 52 } 53