com.ibm.itim.remoteservices.provider

Interface ServiceProviderFactory

public interface ServiceProviderFactory

This interface should be implemented and used to instantiated and initialize a ServiceProvider implementation. Implementing classes should have a zero agrument constructor. The correct factory class to instantiate will be found based on the service profile definition.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ServiceProvider	getServiceProvider(ServiceProviderInformation serviceProviderInfo) Instantiate and initialize a ServiceProvider implementation.

Method Detail

getServiceProvider

ServiceProvider getServiceProvider(ServiceProviderInformation serviceProviderInfo)
                                   throws ProviderConfigurationException

Instantiate and initialize a ServiceProvider implementation. The serviceProviderInfo should be used to determine the type of service instance.

Parameters:

serviceProviderInfo - Encapsulates information about the service instance

Returns:

a class implementing the ServiceProvider for the corresponding service instance

Throws:

ProviderConfigurationException - if there is a configuration or lookup problem