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- /*
- * Copyright (c) 2006-2017 DMDirc Developers
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated
- * documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the
- * rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
- * permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
- * Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
- * WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS
- * OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
- * OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
- */
-
- package com.dmdirc.plugins;
-
- import java.util.List;
-
- /**
- * Defines a ServiceProvider.
- */
- public interface ServiceProvider {
-
- /**
- * Is this provider active at this time.
- *
- * @return true if the provider is able to provide its services
- */
- boolean isActive();
-
- /** Activate the services. */
- void activateServices();
-
- /**
- * Get a list of services provided by this provider.
- *
- * @return A list of services provided by this provider.
- */
- List<Service> getServices();
-
- /**
- * Get the name of this provider.
- *
- * @return This provider's name
- */
- String getProviderName();
-
- /**
- * Get an ExportedService object from this provider.
- *
- * @param name Service name
- *
- * @return ExportedService object or null if no such service exists.
- */
- ExportedService getExportedService(final String name);
-
- }
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