Top Description Methods
aQute.bnd.annotation.service

public @Interface ServiceCapability

extends Annotation
Annotations
@Retention:CLASS
@Target:TYPE, PACKAGE
@Repeatable:ServiceCapabilities
@Capability
namespace:osgi.service
attribute:objectClass:List="${uniq;${#value}}", uses:="${if;${size;${#uses}};${#uses};${uniq;${replace;${#value};(.*)\\.[^.]+;$1}}}", ${sjoin;\\;;${#attribute}}
Static Imports
aQute.bnd.annotation.spi.Constants.ATTRIBUTE_MACRO
Adds a ProvideCapability for a service. This is useful to the resolver, when a service is registered manually. It can annotate a class or a package. If it annotates a class without specifying a value, the class will be named as the registered service. Uses constraints will be calculated automatically.

Method Summary

Modifier and TypeMethod and Description
public String[]
attribute()

A list of attribute or directive names and values.

public Class<?>[]
uses()

A list of classes whose packages are inspected to calculate the uses directive for this capability.

public Class<?>

Returns:

the service type
value()

The service type.

Inherited from java.lang.annotation.Annotation:
annotationTypeequalshashCodetoString

Method Detail

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public String[] attribute()

A list of attribute or directive names and values.

Each string should be specified in the form:

  • "name=value" for attributes.
  • "name:type=value" for typed attributes.
  • "name:=value" for directives.
These are added, separated by semicolons, to the osgi.serviceloader capability. Non-standard osgi.serviceloader attributes will be included as service properties to the published service.
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public Class<?>[] uses()

A list of classes whose packages are inspected to calculate the uses directive for this capability.

If not specified, the uses directive is omitted from the capability clause.

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public Class<?> value()

The service type.

Returns:Class<?>

the service type