/** * $RCSfile$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ * * Copyright (C) 1999-2003 CoolServlets, Inc. All rights reserved. * * This software is the proprietary information of CoolServlets, Inc. * Use is subject to license terms. */ package org.jivesoftware.messenger.disco; import java.util.Iterator; /** * ServerItemsProvider are responsible for providing the items associated with the SERVER. Example * of server items are: Public Chatrooms, PubSub service, etc.<p> * <p/> * When the server starts up, IQDiscoItemsHandler will request to all the services that implement * the ServerItemsProvider interface for their DiscoServerItems. Each DiscoServerItem will provide * its DiscoInfoProvider which will automatically be included in IQDiscoInfoHandler as the provider * for this item's JID. Moreover, each DiscoServerItem will also provide its DiscoItemsProvider * which will automatically be included in IQDiscoItemsHandler. Special attention must be paid to * the JID since all the items with the same host will share the same DiscoInfoProvider or * DiscoItemsProvider. Therefore, a service must implement this interface in order to get its * services published as items associatd with the server. * * @author Gaston Dombiak */ public interface ServerItemsProvider { /** * Returns an Iterator (of DiscoServerItem) with the items associated with the server or null * if none. * * @return an Iterator (of DiscoServerItem) with the items associated with the server or null * if none. */ public abstract Iterator getItems(); }