org.scijava.plugin
Interface WrapperService<DT,PT extends WrapperPlugin<DT>>

Type Parameters:

DT - Base data type

PT - Plugin type

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, Disposable, HasPluginInfo, Prioritized, PTService<PT>, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin, Service, Typed<DT>, TypedService<DT,PT>

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataHandleService, WidgetService

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWrapperService, DefaultDataHandleService, DefaultWidgetService

public interface WrapperService<DT,PT extends WrapperPlugin<DT>>
extends TypedService<DT,PT>

A service for managing WrapperPlugins of a particular type. A WrapperPlugin is a stateful TypedPlugin which wraps a particular object of its associated data type. For any given data object, the service is capable of wrapping it with the most appropriate wrapper by sequentially querying each WrapperPlugin on its list for compatibility.

Note that like PTService, SingletonService and TypedService, WrapperService is not a service interface defining API for a specific concrete service implementation, but rather a more general layer in a type hierarchy intended to ease creation of services that fit its pattern.

Author:

Curtis Rueden

See Also:

WrapperPlugin, PTService

Method Summary

<D extends DT> PT

create(D data) Creates a new plugin instance wrapping the given associated data object.

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.PTService

create, getPlugins, getPluginService, getPluginType

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.service.Service

initialize, registerEventHandlers

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

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Typed

getType, supports

Method Detail

create

<D extends DT> PT create(D data)

Creates a new plugin instance wrapping the given associated data object.

Returns:

An appropriate plugin instance, or null if the data is not compatible with any available plugin.