01: /*
02: * $Id: ServiceFinder.java 10489 2008-01-23 17:53:38Z dfeist $
03: * --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
04: * Copyright (c) MuleSource, Inc. All rights reserved. http://www.mulesource.com
05: *
06: * The software in this package is published under the terms of the CPAL v1.0
07: * license, a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the
08: * LICENSE.txt file.
09: */
10:
11: package org.mule.api.registry;
12:
13: import java.util.Properties;
14:
15: /**
16: * <code>ServiceFinder</code> can be used as a hook into the service lookup process to
17: * return the correct Service Descriptor for a given service name. By default a service
18: * is looked up directly, however a generic service name might be used where the real
19: * service implementation will depend on other modules/resources being available.
20: * For example, in the case of a SOAP connector the finder could check the classpath for
21: * Axis or XFire and return the correct descriptor.
22: */
23: public interface ServiceFinder {
24: String findService(String service, ServiceDescriptor descriptor,
25: Properties props) throws ServiceException;
26: }
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