Module java.desktop
Package javax.imageio.spi

Class ServiceRegistry

java.lang.Object
javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry
Direct Known Subclasses:
IIORegistry
public class ServiceRegistry extends Object
A registry for service provider instances for Image I/O service types.

Service providers are stored in one or more categories, each of which is defined by a class or interface (described by a Class object) that all of its members must implement.

The set of categories supported by this class is limited to the following standard Image I/O service types:

An attempt to load a provider that is not a subtype of one of the above types will result in IllegalArgumentException.

For the general mechanism to load service providers, see ServiceLoader, which is the underlying standard mechanism used by this class.

Only a single instance of a given leaf class (that is, the actual class returned by getClass(), as opposed to any inherited classes or interfaces) may be registered. That is, suppose that the com.mycompany.mypkg.GreenImageReaderProvider class is a subclass of javax.imageio.spi.ImageReaderSpi. If a GreenImageReaderProvider instance is registered, it will be stored in the category defined by the ImageReaderSpi class. If a new instance of GreenImageReaderProvider is registered, it will replace the previous instance. In practice, service provider objects are usually singletons so this behavior is appropriate.

The service provider classes should be lightweight and quick to load. Implementations of these interfaces should avoid complex dependencies on other classes and on native code. The usual pattern for more complex services is to register a lightweight proxy for the heavyweight service.

An application may customize the contents of a registry as it sees fit, so long as it has the appropriate runtime permission.

For information on how to create and deploy service providers, refer to the documentation on ServiceLoader

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  • Nested Class Summary

    Nested Classes
    Modifier and Type
    Class
    Description
    static interface 
    ServiceRegistry.Filter
    A simple filter interface used by ServiceRegistry.getServiceProviders to select providers matching an arbitrary criterion.

  • Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor
    Description
    ServiceRegistry(Iterator<Class<?>> categories)
    Constructs a ServiceRegistry instance with a set of categories taken from the categories argument.

  • Method Summary

    Modifier and Type
    Method
    Description
    boolean
    contains(Object provider)
    Returns true if provider is currently registered.
    void
    deregisterAll()
    Deregisters all currently registered service providers from all categories.
    void
    deregisterAll(Class<?> category)
    Deregisters all service provider object currently registered under the given category.
    void
    deregisterServiceProvider(Object provider)
    Removes a service provider object from all categories that contain it.
    <T> boolean
    deregisterServiceProvider(T provider, Class<T> category)
    Removes a service provider object from the given category.
    void
    finalize()
    Deprecated.
    The finalize method has been deprecated.
    Iterator<Class<?>>
    getCategories()
    Returns an Iterator of Class objects indicating the current set of categories.
    <T> T
    getServiceProviderByClass(Class<T> providerClass)
    Returns the currently registered service provider object that is of the given class type.
    <T> Iterator<T>
    getServiceProviders(Class<T> category, boolean useOrdering)
    Returns an Iterator containing all registered service providers in the given category.
    <T> Iterator<T>
    getServiceProviders(Class<T> category, ServiceRegistry.Filter filter, boolean useOrdering)
    Returns an Iterator containing service provider objects within a given category that satisfy a criterion imposed by the supplied ServiceRegistry.Filter object's filter method.
    static <T> Iterator<T>
    lookupProviders(Class<T> providerClass)
    Locates and incrementally instantiates the available providers of a given service using the context class loader.
    static <T> Iterator<T>
    lookupProviders(Class<T> providerClass, ClassLoader loader)
    Searches for implementations of a particular service class using the given class loader.
    void
    registerServiceProvider(Object provider)
    Adds a service provider object to the registry.
    <T> boolean
    registerServiceProvider(T provider, Class<T> category)
    Adds a service provider object to the registry.
    void
    registerServiceProviders(Iterator<?> providers)
    Adds a set of service provider objects, taken from an Iterator to the registry.
    <T> boolean
    setOrdering(Class<T> category, T firstProvider, T secondProvider)
    Sets a pairwise ordering between two service provider objects within a given category.
    <T> boolean
    unsetOrdering(Class<T> category, T firstProvider, T secondProvider)
    Sets a pairwise ordering between two service provider objects within a given category.

    Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

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

  • Constructor Details

    • ServiceRegistry

      public ServiceRegistry(Iterator<Class<?>> categories)
      Constructs a ServiceRegistry instance with a set of categories taken from the categories argument. The categories must all be members of the set of service types listed in the class specification.
      Parameters:
      categories - an Iterator containing Class objects to be used to define categories.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if categories is null, or if one of the categories is not an allowed service type.

  • Method Details

    • lookupProviders

      public static <T> Iterator<T> lookupProviders(Class<T> providerClass, ClassLoader loader)
      Searches for implementations of a particular service class using the given class loader.

      The service class must be one of the service types listed in the class specification. If it is not, IllegalArgumentException will be thrown.

      This method transforms the name of the given service class into a provider-configuration filename as described in the class comment and then uses the getResources method of the given class loader to find all available files with that name. These files are then read and parsed to produce a list of provider-class names. The iterator that is returned uses the given class loader to look up and then instantiate each element of the list.

      Because it is possible for extensions to be installed into a running Java virtual machine, this method may return different results each time it is invoked.

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the providerClass.
      Parameters:
      providerClass - a Class object indicating the class or interface of the service providers being detected.
      loader - the class loader to be used to load provider-configuration files and instantiate provider classes, or null if the system class loader (or, failing that the bootstrap class loader) is to be used.
      Returns:
      An Iterator that yields provider objects for the given service, in some arbitrary order. The iterator will throw an Error if a provider-configuration file violates the specified format or if a provider class cannot be found and instantiated.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if providerClass is null, or if it is not one of the allowed service types.

    • lookupProviders

      public static <T> Iterator<T> lookupProviders(Class<T> providerClass)
      Locates and incrementally instantiates the available providers of a given service using the context class loader. This convenience method is equivalent to: 
         ClassLoader cl = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
   return Service.providers(service, cl);

      The service class must be one of the service types listed in the class specification. If it is not, IllegalArgumentException will be thrown.

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the providerClass.
      Parameters:
      providerClass - a Class object indicating the class or interface of the service providers being detected.
      Returns:
      An Iterator that yields provider objects for the given service, in some arbitrary order. The iterator will throw an Error if a provider-configuration file violates the specified format or if a provider class cannot be found and instantiated.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if providerClass is null, or if it is not one of the allowed service types.

    • getCategories

      public Iterator<Class<?>> getCategories()
      Returns an Iterator of Class objects indicating the current set of categories. The iterator will be empty if no categories exist.
      Returns:
      an Iterator containing Class objects.

    • registerServiceProvider

      public <T> boolean registerServiceProvider(T provider, Class<T> category)
      Adds a service provider object to the registry. The provider is associated with the given category.

      If provider implements the RegisterableService interface, its onRegistration method will be called. Its onDeregistration method will be called each time it is deregistered from a category, for example if a category is removed or the registry is garbage collected.

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the provider.
      Parameters:
      provider - the service provide object to be registered.
      category - the category under which to register the provider.
      Returns:
      true if no provider of the same class was previously registered in the same category category.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if provider is null.
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.
      ClassCastException - if provider does not implement the Class defined by category.

    • registerServiceProvider

      public void registerServiceProvider(Object provider)
      Adds a service provider object to the registry. The provider is associated within each category present in the registry whose Class it implements.

      If provider implements the RegisterableService interface, its onRegistration method will be called once for each category it is registered under. Its onDeregistration method will be called each time it is deregistered from a category or when the registry is finalized.

      Parameters:
      provider - the service provider object to be registered.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if provider is null.

    • registerServiceProviders

      public void registerServiceProviders(Iterator<?> providers)
      Adds a set of service provider objects, taken from an Iterator to the registry. Each provider is associated within each category present in the registry whose Class it implements.

      For each entry of providers that implements the RegisterableService interface, its onRegistration method will be called once for each category it is registered under. Its onDeregistration method will be called each time it is deregistered from a category or when the registry is finalized.

      Parameters:
      providers - an Iterator containing service provider objects to be registered.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if providers is null or contains a null entry.

    • deregisterServiceProvider

      public <T> boolean deregisterServiceProvider(T provider, Class<T> category)
      Removes a service provider object from the given category. If the provider was not previously registered, nothing happens and false is returned. Otherwise, true is returned. If an object of the same class as provider but not equal (using ==) to provider is registered, it will not be deregistered.

      If provider implements the RegisterableService interface, its onDeregistration method will be called.

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the provider.
      Parameters:
      provider - the service provider object to be deregistered.
      category - the category from which to deregister the provider.
      Returns:
      true if the provider was previously registered in the same category category, false otherwise.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if provider is null.
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.
      ClassCastException - if provider does not implement the class defined by category.

    • deregisterServiceProvider

      public void deregisterServiceProvider(Object provider)
      Removes a service provider object from all categories that contain it.
      Parameters:
      provider - the service provider object to be deregistered.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if provider is null.

    • contains

      public boolean contains(Object provider)
      Returns true if provider is currently registered.
      Parameters:
      provider - the service provider object to be queried.
      Returns:
      true if the given provider has been registered.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if provider is null.

    • getServiceProviders

      public <T> Iterator<T> getServiceProviders(Class<T> category, boolean useOrdering)
      Returns an Iterator containing all registered service providers in the given category. If useOrdering is false, the iterator will return all of the server provider objects in an arbitrary order. Otherwise, the ordering will respect any pairwise orderings that have been set. If the graph of pairwise orderings contains cycles, any providers that belong to a cycle will not be returned.
      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the category.
      Parameters:
      category - the category to be retrieved from.
      useOrdering - true if pairwise orderings should be taken account in ordering the returned objects.
      Returns:
      an Iterator containing service provider objects from the given category, possibly in order.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.

    • getServiceProviders

      public <T> Iterator<T> getServiceProviders(Class<T> category, ServiceRegistry.Filter filter, boolean useOrdering)
      Returns an Iterator containing service provider objects within a given category that satisfy a criterion imposed by the supplied ServiceRegistry.Filter object's filter method.

      The useOrdering argument controls the ordering of the results using the same rules as getServiceProviders(Class, boolean).

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the category.
      Parameters:
      category - the category to be retrieved from.
      filter - an instance of ServiceRegistry.Filter whose filter method will be invoked.
      useOrdering - true if pairwise orderings should be taken account in ordering the returned objects.
      Returns:
      an Iterator containing service provider objects from the given category, possibly in order.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.

    • getServiceProviderByClass

      public <T> T getServiceProviderByClass(Class<T> providerClass)
      Returns the currently registered service provider object that is of the given class type. At most one object of a given class is allowed to be registered at any given time. If no registered object has the desired class type, null is returned.
      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the provider.
      Parameters:
      providerClass - the Class of the desired service provider object.
      Returns:
      a currently registered service provider object with the desired Class type, or null is none is present.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if providerClass is null.

    • setOrdering

      public <T> boolean setOrdering(Class<T> category, T firstProvider, T secondProvider)
      Sets a pairwise ordering between two service provider objects within a given category. If one or both objects are not currently registered within the given category, or if the desired ordering is already set, nothing happens and false is returned. If the providers previously were ordered in the reverse direction, that ordering is removed.

      The ordering will be used by the getServiceProviders methods when their useOrdering argument is true.

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the category.
      Parameters:
      category - a Class object indicating the category under which the preference is to be established.
      firstProvider - the preferred provider.
      secondProvider - the provider to which firstProvider is preferred.
      Returns:
      true if a previously unset ordering was established.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if either provider is null or they are the same object.
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.

    • unsetOrdering

      public <T> boolean unsetOrdering(Class<T> category, T firstProvider, T secondProvider)
      Sets a pairwise ordering between two service provider objects within a given category. If one or both objects are not currently registered within the given category, or if no ordering is currently set between them, nothing happens and false is returned.

      The ordering will be used by the getServiceProviders methods when their useOrdering argument is true.

      Type Parameters:
      T - the type of the category.
      Parameters:
      category - a Class object indicating the category under which the preference is to be disestablished.
      firstProvider - the formerly preferred provider.
      secondProvider - the provider to which firstProvider was formerly preferred.
      Returns:
      true if a previously set ordering was disestablished.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if either provider is null or they are the same object.
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.

    • deregisterAll

      public void deregisterAll(Class<?> category)
      Deregisters all service provider object currently registered under the given category.
      Parameters:
      category - the category to be emptied.
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is no category corresponding to category.

    • deregisterAll

      public void deregisterAll()
      Deregisters all currently registered service providers from all categories.

    • finalize

      @Deprecated(since="9") public void finalize() throws Throwable
      Deprecated.
      The finalize method has been deprecated. Subclasses that override finalize in order to perform cleanup should be modified to use alternative cleanup mechanisms and to remove the overriding finalize method. When overriding the finalize method, its implementation must explicitly ensure that super.finalize() is invoked as described in Object.finalize(). See the specification for Object.finalize() for further information about migration options.
      Finalizes this object prior to garbage collection. The deregisterAll method is called to deregister all currently registered service providers. This method should not be called from application code.
      Overrides:
      finalize in class Object
      Throws:
      Throwable - if an error occurs during superclass finalization.
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