org.modelio.vcore.smkernel.mapi.services

Interface IMetamodelServiceProvider<S>

Type Parameters:

S - provided service type

All Known Implementing Classes:

MetamodelExtensionPoint

public interface IMetamodelServiceProvider<S>

Metamodel related service provider interface.

Implementations of this interfaces must be registered with MetamodelExtensionPoint.registerExtension(Object, Class)

Since:

toutatis

Author:

cmarin

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
S	findService(MClass cls) Find a service for the given metaclass.
S	getService(MMetamodelFragment metamodelFragment) Get the service for a metamodel fragment.

Method Detail

getService

S getService(MMetamodelFragment metamodelFragment)

Get the service for a metamodel fragment.

Parameters:

metamodelFragment - a metamodel fragment.

Returns:

the service, never null.

findService

S findService(MClass cls)

Find a service for the given metaclass.

Look for a service for the metaclass origin metamodel fragment. If none is found lookup in the metaclass parent hierarchy for metaclasses from other metamodel fragments.

Will return null if no matching service provider was found.

Parameters:

cls - a metaclass

Returns:

the found service or null.