/** * $RCSfile$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ * * Copyright (C) 2004 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL), * a copy of which is included in this distribution. */ package org.jivesoftware.messenger.container; import org.jivesoftware.messenger.auth.UnauthorizedException; /** * <p>Provides the service lookup factory with a producer of service * lookups.</p> * * @author Iain Shigeoka */ public interface ServiceLookupProvider { /** * <p>Provide a lookup on demand. Implementations should cache * the result (or use a singleton). The factory will call this * method every time it has a service lookup request (the factory * does no caching).</p> * * @return The lookup from this provider * @throws UnauthorizedException If the caller does not have permission * to access the service lookup */ ServiceLookup getServiceLookup() throws UnauthorizedException; }