org.exolab.core.service
Class ServiceManager

java.lang.Object
  org.exolab.core.service.ServiceGroup
      org.exolab.core.service.ServiceManager

public class ServiceManager

extends ServiceGroup

The ServiceManager is based on the singleton design pattern and is responsible for managing a collection of Serviceable objects.
All serviceable objects are named and no two sevices can have the same name.

The ServiceManager singleton allows the client to manage a group of Serviceable entities.

Version:

$Revision: 1.8 $ $Date: 2003/06/09 06:28:41 $

Author:

Jim Alateras

See Also:

BasicService, Service, ServiceGroup, Serviceable

Method Summary

static ServiceManager

instance() Return the single instance of this class.

Methods inherited from class org.exolab.core.service.ServiceGroup

add, getServiceByName, getServiceNames, remove, remove, removeAll, startAll, stopAll

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

instance

public static ServiceManager instance()

Return the single instance of this class. If need be, create it before returning it.

Returns:

the ServiceManager singleton