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*
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package org.osgi.framework;
import java.util.Dictionary;
import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;
/**
* A registered service.
*
*
* The Framework returns a {@code ServiceRegistration} object when a
* {@code BundleContext.registerService} method invocation is successful. The
* {@code ServiceRegistration} object is for the private use of the registering
* bundle and should not be shared with other bundles.
*
* The {@code ServiceRegistration} object may be used to update the properties
* of the service or to unregister the service.
*
* @param Type of Service.
* @see BundleContext#registerService(String[],Object,Dictionary)
* @ThreadSafe
* @author $Id: 0bc5bfa68ae7cb4a409c066585d3ab4077d80eeb $
*/
@ProviderType
public interface ServiceRegistration {
/**
* Returns a {@code ServiceReference} object for a service being registered.
*
* The {@code ServiceReference} object may be shared with other bundles.
*
* @throws IllegalStateException If this {@code ServiceRegistration} object
* has already been unregistered.
* @return {@code ServiceReference} object.
*/
public ServiceReference getReference();
/**
* Updates the properties associated with a service.
*
*
* The {@link Constants#OBJECTCLASS}, {@link Constants#SERVICE_BUNDLEID},
* {@link Constants#SERVICE_ID} and {@link Constants#SERVICE_SCOPE} 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 {@code ServiceRegistration} object
* has already been unregistered.
* @throws IllegalArgumentException If {@code properties} contains case
* variants of the same key name.
*/
public void setProperties(Dictionary properties);
/**
* Unregisters a service. Remove a {@code ServiceRegistration} object from
* the Framework service registry. All {@code ServiceReference} objects
* associated with this {@code 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
* {@code 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 {@code ServiceFactory.ungetService} method is called to release the
* service object for the bundle.
*
*
*
*
* @throws IllegalStateException If this {@code ServiceRegistration} object
* has already been unregistered.
* @see BundleContext#ungetService(ServiceReference)
* @see ServiceFactory#ungetService(Bundle, ServiceRegistration, Object)
*/
public void unregister();
}