OSGi™ Core
Release 5

org.osgi.resource
Interface Capability

All Known Subinterfaces:
BundleCapability

public interface Capability

A capability that has been declared from a Resource.

Instances of this type must be effectively immutable. That is, for a given instance of this interface, the methods defined by this interface must always return the same result.

ThreadSafe

Method Summary
 boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
          Compares this Capability to another Capability.
 java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getAttributes()
          Returns the attributes of this capability.
 java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> getDirectives()
          Returns the directives of this capability.
 java.lang.String getNamespace()
          Returns the namespace of this capability.
 Resource getResource()
          Returns the resource declaring this capability.
 int hashCode()
          Returns the hashCode of this Capability.
 

Method Detail

getNamespace

java.lang.String getNamespace()
Returns the namespace of this capability.

Returns:
The namespace of this capability.

getDirectives

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> getDirectives()
Returns the directives of this capability.

Returns:
An unmodifiable map of directive names to directive values for this capability, or an empty map if this capability has no directives.

getAttributes

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getAttributes()
Returns the attributes of this capability.

Returns:
An unmodifiable map of attribute names to attribute values for this capability, or an empty map if this capability has no attributes.

getResource

Resource getResource()
Returns the resource declaring this capability.

Returns:
The resource declaring this capability.

equals

boolean equals(java.lang.Object obj)
Compares this Capability to another Capability.

This Capability is equal to another Capability if they have the same namespace, directives and attributes and are declared by the same resource.

Overrides:
equals in class java.lang.Object
Parameters:
obj - The object to compare against this Capability.
Returns:
true if this Capability is equal to the other object; false otherwise.

hashCode

int hashCode()
Returns the hashCode of this Capability.

Overrides:
hashCode in class java.lang.Object
Returns:
The hashCode of this Capability.

OSGi™ Core
Release 5

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