/** * $RCSfile$ * $Revision$ * $Date$ * * 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.disco; /** * Represent a DiscoItem provided by the server. Therefore, the DiscoServerItems are responsible * for providing the DiscoInfoProvider and DiscoItemsProvider that will provide the information and * items related to this item.<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. * * @author Gaston Dombiak */ public interface DiscoServerItem extends DiscoItem { /** * Returns the DiscoInfoProvider responsible for providing the information related to this item. * The DiscoInfoProvider will be automatically included in IQDiscoInfoHandler as the provider * for this item's JID. * * @return the DiscoInfoProvider responsible for providing the information related to this item. */ public abstract DiscoInfoProvider getDiscoInfoProvider(); /** * Returns the DiscoItemsProvider responsible for providing the items related to this item. * The DiscoItemsProvider will be automatically included in IQDiscoItemsHandler as the provider * for this item's JID. * * @return the DiscoItemsProvider responsible for providing the items related to this item. */ public abstract DiscoItemsProvider getDiscoItemsProvider(); }