org.hibernate.service
Interface ServiceRegistry

All Known Subinterfaces:

BootstrapServiceRegistry, ServiceRegistryImplementor, SessionFactoryServiceRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractServiceRegistryImpl, BootstrapServiceRegistryImpl, SessionFactoryServiceRegistryImpl, StandardServiceRegistryImpl

public interface ServiceRegistry

A registry of services.

Method Summary

ServiceRegistry	getParentServiceRegistry() Retrieve this registry's parent registry.
<R extends Service> R	getService(Class<R> serviceRole) Retrieve a service by role.

Method Detail

getParentServiceRegistry

ServiceRegistry getParentServiceRegistry()

Retrieve this registry's parent registry.

Returns:

The parent registry. May be null.

getService

<R extends Service> R getService(Class<R> serviceRole)

Retrieve a service by role. If service is not found, but a BasicServiceInitiator is registered for this service role, the service will be initialized and returned.

NOTE: We cannot return <R extends Service<T>> here because the service might come from the parent...

Type Parameters:

R - The service role type

Parameters:

serviceRole - The service role

Returns:

The requested service.

Throws:

UnknownServiceException - Indicates the service was not known.