com.neeve.discovery
Interface IDiscoveryProvider

public interface IDiscoveryProvider

Represents an entity discovery provider.

This interface identifies a discovery provider. Each discovery provider plug-in implements this interface.

Threading:

A discovery provider is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads.

Method Summary

String	getName() Get the provider name
IDiscoveryCache	openCache(com.neeve.util.UtlAddressDescriptor descriptor) Open the discovery cache.

Method Detail

getName

String getName()

Get the provider name

openCache

IDiscoveryCache openCache(com.neeve.util.UtlAddressDescriptor descriptor)
                          throws EDiscoveryException

Open the discovery cache.

Parameters:

descriptor - The cache descriptor (provider specific) used to open the cache.

Throws:

EDiscoveryException - Thrown in case an error occurs during the opening of the cache.

Threading:

This method is not safe for concurrent access by multiple threads.