jadex.bridge.service.search

Interface IResultSelector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnyResultSelector, BasicResultSelector, ComponentFactorySelector, IdResultSelector, TypeResultSelector

public interface IResultSelector

Select services to be returned as result of service search.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	getCacheKey() Get the cache key.
boolean	isFinished(Collection<IService> results) Test if the search result is sufficient to stop the search.
IFuture<List<IService>>	selectServices(Map<Class<?>,IService> services) Called for each searched service provider node.

Method Detail

selectServices

IFuture<List<IService>> selectServices(Map<Class<?>,IService> services)

Called for each searched service provider node.

Parameters:

services - The provided services (class->list of services).

results - The collection to which results should be added.

isFinished

boolean isFinished(Collection<IService> results)

Test if the search result is sufficient to stop the search.

Parameters:

results - The collection of selected services.

Returns:

True, if the search should be stopped.

getCacheKey

Object getCacheKey()

Get the cache key. Needs to identify this element with respect to its important features so that two equal elements should return the same key.