org.kuali.rice.ksb.api.registry
Class ServiceDescriptor

java.lang.Object
  org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject
      org.kuali.rice.ksb.api.registry.ServiceDescriptor

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Versioned, ModelObjectBasic, ModelObjectComplete, ServiceDescriptorContract

public final class ServiceDescriptor
extends AbstractDataTransferObject
implements ServiceDescriptorContract

Immutable implementation of the ServiceDescriptorContract interface. Includes a serialized XML representation of the ServiceConfiguration for the service.

Author:

Kuali Rice Team (rice.collab@kuali.org)

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

ServiceDescriptor.Builder A builder which can be used to construct ServiceDescriptor instances.

Method Summary

String	getDescriptor() Returns an XML value which can be used to materialize the ServiceConfiguration for the service.
String	getId() Returns the id of this service descriptor.
Long	getVersionNumber() Returns the version number for this object.

Methods inherited from class org.kuali.rice.core.api.mo.AbstractDataTransferObject

afterUnmarshal, beforeUnmarshal, equals, equalsExcludeFields, getDefaultHashCodeEqualsExcludeFields, hashCode, hashCodeExcludeFields, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getId

public String getId()

Description copied from interface: ServiceDescriptorContract

Returns the id of this service descriptor. This value should be unique across service descriptors. This value is generated when the service is published to the registry, so this value can be null if the service has not yet been published to the registry.

Specified by:

getId in interface ServiceDescriptorContract

Returns:

the id of this service descriptor, or null if the service and it's descriptor has not yet been published to the registry

getDescriptor

public String getDescriptor()

Description copied from interface: ServiceDescriptorContract

Returns an XML value which can be used to materialize the ServiceConfiguration for the service.

Specified by:

getDescriptor in interface ServiceDescriptorContract

Returns:

the XML representation of the ServiceConfiguration for the service, should never return a null or blank value

getVersionNumber

public Long getVersionNumber()

Description copied from interface: Versioned

Returns the version number for this object. In general, this value should only be null if the object has not yet been stored to a persistent data store. This version number is generally used for the purposes of optimistic locking.

Specified by:

getVersionNumber in interface Versioned

Returns:

the version number, or null if one has not been assigned yet