ServiceReference< S > Class Template Reference

A reference to a service. More...

Inheritance diagram for ServiceReference< S >:

Collaboration diagram for ServiceReference< S >:

Public Types
typedef S	ServiceType

Public Member Functions
	ServiceReference ()
	Creates an invalid ServiceReference object. More...
	ServiceReference (const ServiceReferenceBase &base)
Public Member Functions inherited from ServiceReferenceBase
	ServiceReferenceBase (const ServiceReferenceBase &ref)
	operator bool_type () const
	Converts this ServiceReferenceBase instance into a boolean expression. More...
ServiceReferenceBase &	operator= (int null)
	Releases any resources held or locked by this ServiceReferenceBase and renders it invalid. More...
	~ServiceReferenceBase ()
Any	GetProperty (const std::string &key) const
	Returns the property value to which the specified property key is mapped in the properties ServiceProperties object of the service referenced by this ServiceReferenceBase object. More...
void	GetPropertyKeys (std::vector< std::string > &keys) const
	Returns a list of the keys in the ServiceProperties object of the service referenced by this ServiceReferenceBase object. More...
Module *	GetModule () const
	Returns the module that registered the service referenced by this ServiceReferenceBase object. More...
void	GetUsingModules (std::vector< Module * > &modules) const
	Returns the modules that are using the service referenced by this ServiceReferenceBase object. More...
std::string	GetInterfaceId () const
	Returns the interface identifier this ServiceReferenceBase object is bound to. More...
bool	IsConvertibleTo (const std::string &interfaceid) const
	Checks wether this ServiceReferenceBase object can be converted to another ServiceReferenceBase object, which will be bound to the given interface identifier. More...
bool	operator< (const ServiceReferenceBase &reference) const
	Compares this ServiceReferenceBase with the specified ServiceReferenceBase for order. More...
bool	operator== (const ServiceReferenceBase &reference) const
ServiceReferenceBase &	operator= (const ServiceReferenceBase &reference)

Detailed Description

template<class S>
class ServiceReference< S >

A reference to a service.

The framework returns ServiceReference objects from the ModuleContext::GetServiceReference and ModuleContext::GetServiceReferences methods.

A ServiceReference object may be shared between modules and can be used to examine the properties of the service and to get the service object.

Every service registered in the framework has a unique ServiceRegistration object and may have multiple, distinct ServiceReference objects referring to it. ServiceReference objects associated with a ServiceRegistration are considered equal (more specifically, their operator==() method will return true when compared).

If the same service object is registered multiple times, ServiceReference objects associated with different ServiceRegistration objects are not equal.

Template Parameters

S	The class type of the service interface

See Also

ModuleContext::GetServiceReference

ModuleContext::GetServiceReferences

ModuleContext::GetService

Remarks

This class is thread safe.

Member Typedef Documentation

template<class S>

typedef S ServiceReference< S >::ServiceType

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

template<class S>

ServiceReference< S >::ServiceReference ( )

inline

Creates an invalid ServiceReference object.

You can use this object in boolean expressions and it will evaluate to false.

template<class S>

ServiceReference< S >::ServiceReference ( const ServiceReferenceBase &  base )

inline

References ServiceReferenceBase::GetInterfaceId(), ServiceReferenceBase::IsConvertibleTo(), and ServiceReferenceBase::operator=().