bundles/org.eclipse.wst.ws/src/org/eclipse/wst/ws/internal/wsfinder/AbstractWebServiceLocator.java

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package org.eclipse.wst.ws.internal.wsfinder;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.core.runtime.IProgressMonitor;

/**
 * @author joan
 * 
 * Implementation of IWebServiceLocator.  Extenders must implement the abstract method getWebServices().  
 * This class will be used to provide methods useful to locator implementers.  Extenders should register their
 * locator implementation with their plugin using the org.eclipse.wst.ws.locator extension point. 
 *
 */
public abstract class AbstractWebServiceLocator implements IWebServiceLocator {

	/**
	 * Creates a new instance of this class.
	 */
	public AbstractWebServiceLocator ()
	{
		super();
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of WebServiceClientInfo objects.
	 * Subclasses should override this method's
	 * default behaviour of returning an empty list.
	 * @param monitor A progress monitor,
	 * or null if progress monitoring is not desired.
	 * @return A non-null but possibly empty list of WebServiceClientInfo objects
	 */
	public List getWebServiceClients (IProgressMonitor monitor)
	{
		return Collections.EMPTY_LIST;
	}

	/**
	 * Returns a list of WebServiceInfo objects. 
	 * Subclasses should override this method's
	 * default behaviour of returning an empty list.
	 * @param monitor A progress monitor,
	 * or null if progress monitoring is not desired.
	 * @return A non-null but possibly empty list of WebServiceInfo objects
	 */
	public List getWebServices (IProgressMonitor monitor)
	{
		return Collections.EMPTY_LIST; 
	}
}