uk.org.ogsadai.client.toolkit.registry
Interface ServiceMetaData

public interface ServiceMetaData

Meta-data describing an OGSA-DAI data service that has been registered with a registry.

Author:

The OGSA-DAI Project Team

Method Summary

org.w3c.dom.Element[]	getElements() Gets the meta-data describing the service.
javax.xml.namespace.QName[]	getPortTypes() Gets the port types that the service implements.
java.net.URL	getURL() Gets the service URL.

Method Detail

getURL

public java.net.URL getURL()

Gets the service URL.

Returns:

service URL.

getPortTypes

public javax.xml.namespace.QName[] getPortTypes()

Gets the port types that the service implements.

Returns:

array of port type names for each of the port type the service implements.

getElements

public org.w3c.dom.Element[] getElements()

Gets the meta-data describing the service. This may be an arbitrary collection of XML fragments.

Returns:

an array of XML fragments.