com.opensymphony.provider
Interface Provider

All Known Subinterfaces:

BeanProvider, LogProvider, XMLPrinterProvider, XPathProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultBeanProvider, DefaultLogProvider, DefaultXMLPrinterProvider, FullLogProvider, Log4JProvider, NullLogProvider, OGNLBeanProvider, XalanXMLPrinterProvider, XalanXPathProvider

public interface Provider

Provider interface. A provider is a pluggable runtime resource and is used when different behaviours are required in different situations. For example a LogProvider is used to plug in a logging mechanism.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

Joe Walnes

See Also:

ProviderFactory

Method Summary

void	destroy() Shutdown Provider.
void	init() Startup Provider.

Method Detail

destroy

void destroy()

Shutdown Provider.

init

void init()
          throws ProviderConfigurationException

Startup Provider.

Throws:

ProviderConfigurationException - thrown if error in startup or configuration.