com.spectel.bcapi
Interface BridgeProvider

public interface BridgeProvider

Interface that all implementation jars must provide implementations of. In addition, any implementation jar must include a resource called

META-INF/services/com.spectel.bcapi.BridgeProvider

that contains the fully qualified name of all BridgeProvider implementations contained within the JAR.

Since:

1.7

Author:

Stephen Connolly

See Also:

Java SE Service Provider mechanism (SPM), BridgeFactory

Method Summary

Bridge	createBridge(java.util.Hashtable parameters) Create the specified bridge instance.
boolean	isProviderFor(java.lang.String implType) Query if the provider supports the specified IMPL_TYPE.

Method Detail

isProviderFor

boolean isProviderFor(java.lang.String implType)

Query if the provider supports the specified IMPL_TYPE.

Parameters:

implType - The IMPL_TYPE.

Returns:

true if this provider supports the specified IMPL_TYPE.

createBridge

Bridge createBridge(java.util.Hashtable parameters)
                    throws BridgeException

Create the specified bridge instance.
Note: The provider may pool the instances when all parameters are identical. When parameters differ, a new instance must be returned.

Parameters:

parameters - Details for the specific Bridge implementation.

Returns:

The new bridge instance.

Throws:

BridgeException - if anything went wrong.