OSGi™ Service Platform
Release 4 Version 4.1

org.osgi.service.device
Interface DriverSelector


public interface DriverSelector

When the device manager detects a new Device service, it calls all registered Driver services to determine if anyone matches the Device service. If at least one Driver service matches, the device manager must choose one. If there is a Driver Selector service registered with the Framework, the device manager will ask it to make the selection. If there is no Driver Selector service, or if it returns an invalid result, or throws an Exception, the device manager uses the default selection strategy.

Since:
1.1

Field Summary
static int SELECT_NONE
          Return value from DriverSelector.select, if no Driver service should be attached to the Device service.
 
Method Summary
 int select(ServiceReference reference, Match[] matches)
          Select one of the matching Driver services.
 

Field Detail

SELECT_NONE

public static final int SELECT_NONE
Return value from DriverSelector.select, if no Driver service should be attached to the Device service. The value is -1.

See Also:
Constant Field Values
Method Detail

select

public int select(ServiceReference reference,
                  Match[] matches)
Select one of the matching Driver services. The device manager calls this method if there is at least one driver bidding for a device. Only Driver services that have responded with nonzero (not Device.MATCH_NONE) match values will be included in the list.

Parameters:
reference - the ServiceReference object of the Device service.
matches - the array of all non-zero matches.
Returns:
index into the array of Match objects, or SELECT_NONE if no Driver service should be attached

OSGi™ Service Platform
Release 4 Version 4.1

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