portal.services
Class CachedServiceRef

java.lang.Object
  portal.services.CachedServiceRef

public final class CachedServiceRef

extends java.lang.Object

Locating a service can be an expensive task, especially when it is done in a loop. This class caches a reference to a service.

Author:

Bavo De Ridder < bavo AT coderspotting DOT org >

Constructor Summary

CachedServiceRef(java.lang.Class interfaceRequired)
Create a cached reference to a service.

Method Summary

IService

getService()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

CachedServiceRef

public CachedServiceRef(java.lang.Class interfaceRequired)
                 throws ServiceException

Create a cached reference to a service.

Parameters:

interfaceRequired - The Class instance of the interface the service should implement

Throws:

ServiceException - thrown when the framework was unable to search for a service or when the service did not exist

Method Detail

getService

public IService getService()

Returns:

the cached reference to the service