| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2009 IBM Corporation and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.spi; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core.IProvisioningAgent; |
| |
| /** |
| * A factory for creating a service that forms part of a provisioning agent instance. |
| * Factories themselves are registered in the OSGi service registry so that they |
| * can be obtained by a provisioning agent. |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface IAgentServiceFactory { |
| /** |
| * The service name for the factory service. |
| */ |
| public static final String SERVICE_NAME = IAgentServiceFactory.class.getName(); |
| |
| /** |
| * The service property specifying the name of the service created by this factory. |
| */ |
| public static final String PROP_CREATED_SERVICE_NAME = "p2.agent.servicename"; //$NON-NLS-1$ |
| |
| /** |
| * Instantiates a service instance for the given provisioning agent. |
| * |
| * @param agent The agent this service will belong to |
| * @return The created service |
| */ |
| public Object createService(IProvisioningAgent agent); |
| } |
