Hi,
The InventoryPrinter service is the successor of the Web Console
ConfigurationPrinter service. And like the ConfigurationPrinter service an
InventoryPrinter service does not need to be registered as an InventoryPrinter
service: As long as the service is registered with some service registration
properties and a method
print(String, PrintWriter, boolean)
is defined, the service will be accepted as an InventoryPrinter.
The question is how to find this method ?
* Search in the service's class only or in the class hierarchy ?
* Supporting public/protected only or also package private
and private methods ?
My opinion would be:
(a) search the implementation class only
(b) accept all method modifiers
(c) document to prefer private
Alternatively we could search the class hierarchy as is defined in section
112.9.4 (Locating Component Methods) of the Declarative Services specification.
WDYT ?
Regards
Felix
PS: Web Console 4 supported (for the ConfigurationPrinter) searching the
implementation class only and supporting any modifier.
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Felix Meschberger | Principal Scientist | Adobe
