Constructor Detail

• Template

  @Deprecated
  public Template​()

  Deprecated. Use new Template (Object.class) which is going to be better typed with JDK1.5 templates and should produce the same result.
  General template to find all possible instances.

• Template

  public Template​(java.lang.Class<T> type)

  Create a simple template matching by class.

  Parameters:

  type - the class of service we are looking for (subclasses will match)

• Template

  public Template​(java.lang.Class<T> type,
                  java.lang.String id,
                  T instance)

  Constructor to create new template.

  Parameters:

  type - the class of service we are looking for or null to leave unspecified

  id - the ID of the item/service we are looking for or null to leave unspecified

  instance - a specific known instance to look for or null to leave unspecified

Method Detail

• getType

  public java.lang.Class<T> getType​()

  Get the class (or superclass or interface) to search for. If it was not specified in the constructor, Object is used as this will match any instance.

  Returns:

  the class to search for

• getId

  public java.lang.String getId​()

  Get the persistent identifier being searched for, if any.

  Returns:

  the ID or null

  Since:

  1.8

  See Also:

  Lookup.Item.getId()

• getInstance

  public T getInstance​()

  Get the specific instance being searched for, if any. Most useful for finding an Item when the instance is already known.

  Returns:

  the object to find or null

  Since:

  1.8

• hashCode

  public int hashCode​()

  Overrides:

  hashCode in class java.lang.Object

• equals

  public boolean equals​(java.lang.Object obj)

  Overrides:

  equals in class java.lang.Object

• toString

  public java.lang.String toString​()

  Overrides:

  toString in class java.lang.Object