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

ServiceProvider

getServiceProvider(ServiceProviderInformation serviceProviderInfo) Instantiate and initialize a ServiceProvider implementation.

Method Detail

getServiceProvider

public 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