net.jini.lookup.entry
Class ServiceType

java.lang.Object
  net.jini.entry.AbstractEntry
      net.jini.lookup.entry.ServiceType

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Entry, ServiceControlled

Direct Known Subclasses:

BasicServiceType

public abstract class ServiceType
extends AbstractEntry
implements ServiceControlled

Human-oriented information about the "type" of a service. This is not related to its data or class types, and is more oriented towards allowing someone to determine what a service (for example, a printer) does and that it is similar to another, without needing to know anything about data or class types for the Java(TM) platform.

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

ServiceType()
Instantiate this class.

Method Summary

String	getDisplayName() Return the localized display name of this service.
Image	getIcon(int iconKind) Get an icon for this service.
String	getShortDescription() Return a localized short description of this service.

Methods inherited from class net.jini.entry.AbstractEntry

equals, equals, hashCode, hashCode, toString, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ServiceType

public ServiceType()

Instantiate this class.

Method Detail

getIcon

public Image getIcon(int iconKind)

Get an icon for this service. This icon may be localized where appropriate. The valid parameter values are the same as for the getIcon method of java.beans.BeanInfo.

Parameters:

iconKind - the kind of icon to return

Returns:

the icon for this service

getDisplayName

public String getDisplayName()

Return the localized display name of this service.

Returns:

the localized display name of this service

getShortDescription

public String getShortDescription()

Return a localized short description of this service.

Returns:

a String representing the short description of this service