org.restlet.service
Class Service

java.lang.Object
  org.restlet.service.Service

Direct Known Subclasses:

ConnectorService, ConnegService, ConverterService, DecoderService, EncoderService, LogService, MetadataService, RangeService, StatusService, TaskService, TunnelService

public abstract class Service
extends Object

Generic service associated to a component or an application. The life cycle of a service is tightly related to the one of the associated component or application.

If you want to use a specific service, you can always disable it before it is actually started via the setEnabled(boolean) method.

Author:

Jerome Louvel

Constructor Summary

Service()
Constructor.

Service(boolean enabled)
Constructor.

Method Summary

Filter	createInboundFilter(Context context) Create the filter that should be invoked for incoming calls.
Filter	createOutboundFilter(Context context) Create the filter that should be invoked for outgoing calls.
Context	getContext() Returns the context.
boolean	isEnabled() Indicates if the service should be enabled.
boolean	isStarted() Indicates if the service is started.
boolean	isStopped() Indicates if the service is stopped.
void	setContext(Context context) Sets the context.
void	setEnabled(boolean enabled) Indicates if the service should be enabled.
void	start() Starts the Restlet.
void	stop() Stops the Restlet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Service

public Service()

Constructor. Enables the service by default.

Service

public Service(boolean enabled)

Constructor.

Parameters:

enabled - True if the service has been enabled.

Method Detail

createInboundFilter

public Filter createInboundFilter(Context context)

Create the filter that should be invoked for incoming calls.

Parameters:

context - The current context.

Returns:

The new filter or null.

createOutboundFilter

public Filter createOutboundFilter(Context context)

Create the filter that should be invoked for outgoing calls.

Parameters:

context - The current context.

Returns:

The new filter or null.

See Also:

Context.getClientDispatcher()

getContext

public Context getContext()

Returns the context.

Returns:

The context.

isEnabled

public boolean isEnabled()

Indicates if the service should be enabled.

Returns:

True if the service should be enabled.

isStarted

public boolean isStarted()

Indicates if the service is started.

Returns:

True if the service is started.

isStopped

public boolean isStopped()

Indicates if the service is stopped.

Returns:

True if the service is stopped.

setContext

public void setContext(Context context)

Sets the context.

Parameters:

context - The context.

setEnabled

public void setEnabled(boolean enabled)

Indicates if the service should be enabled.

Parameters:

enabled - True if the service should be enabled.

start

public void start()
           throws Exception

Starts the Restlet.

Throws:

Exception

stop

public void stop()
          throws Exception

Stops the Restlet.

Throws:

Exception