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package org.osgi.framework;
import java.util.Dictionary;
/**
* A registered service.
*
*
* The Framework returns a ServiceRegistration object when a
* BundleContext.registerService method invocation is successful.
* The ServiceRegistration object is for the private use of the
* registering bundle and should not be shared with other bundles.
*
* The ServiceRegistration object may be used to update the
* properties of the service or to unregister the service.
*
* @see BundleContext#registerService(String[],Object,Dictionary)
* @ThreadSafe
* @version $Revision: 6361 $
*/
public interface ServiceRegistration {
/**
* Returns a ServiceReference object for a service being
* registered.
*
* The ServiceReference object may be shared with other
* bundles.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException If this
* ServiceRegistration object has already been
* unregistered.
* @return ServiceReference object.
*/
public ServiceReference getReference();
/**
* Updates the properties associated with a service.
*
*
* The {@link Constants#OBJECTCLASS} and {@link Constants#SERVICE_ID} keys
* cannot be modified by this method. These values are set by the Framework
* when the service is registered in the OSGi environment.
*
*
* The following steps are required to modify service properties:
*
* - The service's properties are replaced with the provided properties.
*
- A service event of type {@link ServiceEvent#MODIFIED} is fired.
*
*
* @param properties The properties for this service. See {@link Constants}
* for a list of standard service property keys. Changes should not
* be made to this object after calling this method. To update the
* service's properties this method should be called again.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException If this ServiceRegistration
* object has already been unregistered.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If properties contains
* case variants of the same key name.
*/
public void setProperties(Dictionary properties);
/**
* Unregisters a service. Remove a ServiceRegistration object
* from the Framework service registry. All ServiceReference
* objects associated with this ServiceRegistration object
* can no longer be used to interact with the service once unregistration is
* complete.
*
*
* The following steps are required to unregister a service:
*
* - The service is removed from the Framework service registry so that
* it can no longer be obtained.
*
- A service event of type {@link ServiceEvent#UNREGISTERING} is fired
* so that bundles using this service can release their use of the service.
* Once delivery of the service event is complete, the
*
ServiceReference objects for the service may no longer be
* used to get a service object for the service.
* - For each bundle whose use count for this service is greater than
* zero:
* The bundle's use count for this service is set to zero.
* If the service was registered with a {@link ServiceFactory} object, the
* ServiceFactory.ungetService method is called to release
* the service object for the bundle.
*
*
* @throws IllegalStateException If this
* ServiceRegistration object has already been
* unregistered.
* @see BundleContext#ungetService
* @see ServiceFactory#ungetService
*/
public void unregister();
}