com.cafesoft.core.service
Class AbstractService

java.lang.Object
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Debuggable, Service

Direct Known Subclasses:

StandardServiceAdapter

public abstract class AbstractService

extends Object

implements Service

Provides basic implementation of a service.

Since:

7/29/2002

See Also:

Service

Field Summary

protected boolean	debug A flag that controls logging of DEBUG-level messages.
protected boolean	initialized Boolean flag to indicate that the service has been initialized.
protected Logger	logger The Logger object associated with the ServiceConfig's ServiceContext.
protected ServiceConfig	serviceConfig The ServiceConfig object that configures this Service

Constructor Summary

AbstractService()
Create a new AbstractService.

Method Summary

void	destroy() Destroy the Service.
ServiceConfig	getServiceConfig() Get the ServiceConfig.
void	initialize(ServiceConfig config) Initialize the Service.
boolean	setDebug(boolean enable) Enable or disable debugging.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

serviceConfig

protected ServiceConfig serviceConfig

The ServiceConfig object that configures this Service

logger

protected Logger logger

The Logger object associated with the ServiceConfig's ServiceContext.

initialized

protected boolean initialized

Boolean flag to indicate that the service has been initialized.

debug

protected boolean debug

A flag that controls logging of DEBUG-level messages.

Constructor Detail

AbstractService

public AbstractService()

Create a new AbstractService.

Just a reminder this is an abstract class, cannot be instantiated.

Method Detail

initialize

public void initialize(ServiceConfig config)
                throws ServiceException

Initialize the Service.

Specified by:

initialize in interface Service

Parameters:

config - the ServiceConfig

Throws:

ServiceException - if an error initializing the Service

getServiceConfig

public ServiceConfig getServiceConfig()

Get the ServiceConfig.

Specified by:

getServiceConfig in interface Service

Returns:

the ServiceConfig

destroy

public void destroy()

Destroy the Service. (This method removes references to serviceConfig and logger, so subclasses should invoke it).

Specified by:

destroy in interface Service

setDebug

public boolean setDebug(boolean enable)

Enable or disable debugging.

Specified by:

setDebug in interface Debuggable

Parameters:

enable - if true, enable debugging, else disable debugging.

Returns:

the previous value of the debug flag, which is useful for restoring the debug state if temporarily changed.