public IIOServiceProvider() 
{

}

Constructs a blank IIOServiceProvider. It is up to the subclass to initialize instance variables and/or override method implementations in order to ensure that the getVendorName and getVersion methods will return non-null values.

 public IIOServiceProvider(String vendorName,
    String version) 
{
        if (vendorName == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("vendorName == null!");
        }
        if (version == null) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("version == null!");
        }
        this.vendorName = vendorName;
        this.version = version;
}

Constructs an IIOServiceProvider with a given vendor name and version identifier.

Parameters:

vendorName - the vendor name.

version - a version identifier.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if vendorName is null.

IllegalArgumentException - if version is null.

exception: IllegalArgumentException - if vendorName is null.

exception: IllegalArgumentException - if version is null.

 abstract public String getDescription(Locale locale)
Returns a brief, human-readable description of this service
provider and its associated implementation.  The resulting
string should be localized for the supplied
Locale, if possible.

 public String getVendorName() 
{
        return vendorName;
}

Returns the name of the vendor responsible for creating this service provider and its associated implementation. Because the vendor name may be used to select a service provider, it is not localized.

The default implementation returns the value of the vendorName instance variable.

 public String getVersion() 
{
        return version;
}

Returns a string describing the version number of this service provider and its associated implementation. Because the version may be used by transcoders to identify the service providers they understand, this method is not localized.

The default implementation returns the value of the version instance variable.

 public  void onDeregistration(ServiceRegistry registry,
    Class<?> category) 
{

}

A callback that will be whenever the Spi class has been deregistered from a ServiceRegistry.

Only the registry should call this method.

The default implementation does nothing.

 public  void onRegistration(ServiceRegistry registry,
    Class<?> category) 
{

}

A callback that will be called exactly once after the Spi class has been instantiated and registered in a ServiceRegistry. This may be used to verify that the environment is suitable for this service, for example that native libraries can be loaded. If the service cannot function in the environment where it finds itself, it should deregister itself from the registry.

Only the registry should call this method.

The default implementation does nothing.