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This module contains the Metro runtime code.
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package com.sun.xml.ws.api;
import com.sun.istack.NotNull;
/**
* Extended version of {@link Component}. Allows component to return multiple
* SPI implementations through an {@link Iterable}.
*
* @since 2.2.6
*/
public interface ComponentEx extends Component {
/**
* Gets an iterator of implementations of the specified SPI.
*
*
* This method works as a kind of directory service
* for SPIs, allowing various components to define private contract
* and talk to each other. However unlike {@link Component#getSPI(java.lang.Class)}, this
* method can support cases where there is an ordered collection (defined
* by {@link Iterable} of implementations. The SPI contract should define
* whether lookups are for the first appropriate implementation or whether
* all returned implementations should be used.
*
* @return
* non-null {@link Iterable} of the SPI's provided by this object. Iterator may have no values.
*/
@NotNull Iterable getIterableSPI(@NotNull Class spiType);
}