org.scijava.service
Interface Service

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, Disposable, HasPluginInfo, Prioritized, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin

All Known Subinterfaces:

AppService, EventHistory, EventService, HandlerService<DT,PT>, LogService, ObjectService, PluginService, PTService<PT>, SciJavaService, SingletonService<PT>, StatusService, ThreadService, TypedService<DT,PT>, WrapperService<DT,PT>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractHandlerService, AbstractLogService, AbstractPTService, AbstractService, AbstractSingletonService, AbstractTypedService, AbstractWrapperService, DefaultAppService, DefaultEventHistory, DefaultEventService, DefaultObjectService, DefaultPluginService, DefaultStatusService, DefaultThreadService, StderrLogService

public interface Service
extends RichPlugin, Disposable

A SciJava service, for a particular area of functionality.

Services discoverable at runtime must implement this interface and be annotated with @Plugin with attribute Plugin.type() = Service.class. While it possible to create a service merely by implementing this interface, it is encouraged to instead extend AbstractService, for convenience.

Author:

Curtis Rueden

See Also:

Plugin

Method Summary

void	initialize() Performs any needed initialization when the service is first loaded.
void	registerEventHandlers() Registers the service's event handler methods.

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Contextual

context, getContext, setContext

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Prioritized

getPriority, setPriority

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.HasPluginInfo

getInfo, setInfo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Disposable

dispose

Method Detail

initialize

void initialize()

Performs any needed initialization when the service is first loaded.

NB: This method is not intended to be called directly. It is called by the service framework itself (specifically by the ServiceHelper) when initializing the service. It should not be called a second time.

registerEventHandlers

void registerEventHandlers()

Registers the service's event handler methods.

NB: This method is not intended to be called directly. It is called by the service framework itself (specifically by the ServiceHelper) when initializing the service. It should not be called a second time.