1 /* 2 * $Id: ServiceFinder.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $ 3 * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com 5 * 6 * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0 7 * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the 8 * LICENSE.txt file. 9 */ 10 11 package org.mule.api.registry; 12 13 14 import java.util.Properties; 15 16 17 /** 18 * <code>ServiceFinder</code> can be used as a hook into the service lookup process to 19 * return the correct Service Descriptor for a given service name. By default a service 20 * is looked up directly, however a generic service name might be used where the real 21 * service implementation will depend on other modules/resources being available. 22 * For example, in the case of a SOAP connector the finder could check the classpath for 23 * Axis or XFire and return the correct descriptor. 24 */ 25 public interface ServiceFinder 26 { 27 String findService(String service, ServiceDescriptor descriptor, Properties props) throws ServiceException; 28 } 29 30