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 * 
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package org.osgi.namespace.service;

import org.osgi.resource.Namespace;

/**
 * Service Capability and Requirement Namespace.
 * 
 * 
 * This class defines the names for the attributes and directives for this
 * namespace.
 * 
 * 

 * All unspecified capability attributes are of one of the following types:
 * 

 * {@code String}
 * {@code Version}
 * {@code Long}
 * {@code Double}
 * {@code List}
 * {@code List}
 * {@code List}
 * {@code List}
 * 
 * and are used as arbitrary matching attributes for the capability. The values
 * associated with the specified directive and attribute keys are of type
 * {@code String}, unless otherwise indicated.
 * 
 * @Immutable
 * @author $Id: b8a17850ffda896054607169eafabed4d14240f8 $
 */
public final class ServiceNamespace extends Namespace {

	/**
	 * Namespace name for service capabilities and requirements.
	 */
	public static final String	SERVICE_NAMESPACE					= "osgi.service";

	/**
	 * The capability attribute used to specify the types of the service. The
	 * value of this attribute must be of type {@code List}.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * A {@code ServiceNamespace} capability should express a
	 * {@link Namespace#CAPABILITY_USES_DIRECTIVE uses constraint} for all the
	 * packages mentioned in the value of this attribute.
	 */
	public static final String	CAPABILITY_OBJECTCLASS_ATTRIBUTE	= "objectClass";

	private ServiceNamespace() {
		// empty
	}
}