com.bea.campaign
Interface ServiceLocator

All Known Subinterfaces:

ScenarioService

public interface ServiceLocator

A helper interface for an object which can locate services.

This will be used by the ScenarioService to tell Actions where to find services to perform the actions. The common service names will be:

• CampaignService
• ScenarioService
• AdService
• AdBucketService
• MailService
• DiscountAssociationMgr (commerce server only)
• RulesManager
• EventService

Other service names can be configured in the ScenarioService's deployment descriptor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

locateService(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Class cl) Locate a service with the specified name.

Method Detail

locateService

public java.lang.Object locateService(java.lang.String name,
                                      java.lang.Class cl)
                               throws java.rmi.RemoteException

Locate a service with the specified name.

Parameters:

name - the service name.

cl - the class the service must implement (null for any).

Returns:

the service on success, null on any sort of failure.