Package aQute.bnd.annotation.service

Annotation Type ServiceCapability

@Retention(CLASS)
@Target({TYPE,PACKAGE})
@Repeatable(ServiceCapabilities.class)
@Capability(namespace="osgi.service",
            attribute={"objectClass:List<String>=\"${uniq;${#value}}\"","uses:=\"${if;${size;${#uses}};${#uses};${uniq;${replace;${#value};(.*)\\.[^.]+;$1}}}\"","${sjoin;\\;;${#attribute}}"})
public @interface ServiceCapability

Adds a ProvideCapability for a service. This is useful to the resolver, when a service is registered manually. It can annotate a class or a package. If it annotates a class without specifying a value, the class will be named as the registered service. Uses constraints will be calculated automatically.

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element	Description
java.lang.String[]	attribute	A list of attribute or directive names and values.
java.lang.Class<?>[]	uses	A list of classes whose packages are inspected to calculate the uses directive for this capability.
java.lang.Class<?>	value	The service type.

Element Detail

value

java.lang.Class<?> value

The service type.

Returns:

the service type

Default:

java.lang.annotation.Target.class

uses

java.lang.Class<?>[] uses

A list of classes whose packages are inspected to calculate the uses directive for this capability.

If not specified, the uses directive is omitted from the capability clause.

Default:

{}

attribute

java.lang.String[] attribute

A list of attribute or directive names and values.

Each string should be specified in the form:

• "name=value" for attributes.
• "name:type=value" for typed attributes.
• "name:=value" for directives.

These are added, separated by semicolons, to the osgi.serviceloader capability. Non-standard osgi.serviceloader attributes will be included as service properties to the published service.

Default:

{}