org.kuali.rice.krad.data.provider
Interface ProviderRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProviderRegistryImpl

public interface ProviderRegistry

Registry of KRAD Data Providers.

Author:

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

Method Summary

MetadataProvider	getMetadataProvider(Class<?> type) Obtain the first MetadataProvider which handles the gives type.
List<MetadataProvider>	getMetadataProviders() Obtain list of all registered MetadataProviders
PersistenceProvider	getPersistenceProvider(Class<?> type) Return the persistence provider for a given type.
List<Provider>	getProviders() Obtain list of all registered providers.
List<Provider>	getProvidersForType(Class<? extends Provider> providerType) Obtain list of all registered providers of a given type.
void	registerProvider(Provider provider) Register a Provider.
boolean	unregisterProvider(Provider provider) Unregister a Provider if it exists.

Method Detail

registerProvider

void registerProvider(Provider provider)

Register a Provider.

Parameters:

provider - the provider to register

unregisterProvider

boolean unregisterProvider(Provider provider)

Unregister a Provider if it exists.

Parameters:

provider - the provider to unregister

Returns:

true if provider was unregistered

getProviders

List<Provider> getProviders()

Obtain list of all registered providers.

Returns:

non-null and immutable list of all registered providers

getProvidersForType

List<Provider> getProvidersForType(Class<? extends Provider> providerType)

Obtain list of all registered providers of a given type.

Parameters:

providerType - the provider type

Returns:

non-null and immutable list of all registered providers of a given type

getMetadataProviders

List<MetadataProvider> getMetadataProviders()

Obtain list of all registered MetadataProviders

Returns:

non-null and immutable list of all registered MetadataProviders

getMetadataProvider

MetadataProvider getMetadataProvider(Class<?> type)

Obtain the first MetadataProvider which handles the gives type.

Returns:

the MetadataProvider which handles the given type, or null if none could be found

getPersistenceProvider

PersistenceProvider getPersistenceProvider(Class<?> type)

Return the persistence provider for a given type.

Parameters:

type - the data object type

Returns:

persistence provider for given type, or null if no matching provider is registered