Package org.apache.tools.ant.types.spi

# Class Service

java.lang.Object
org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent
org.apache.tools.ant.types.spi.Service

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Cloneable`

public class Service extends ProjectComponent
ANT Jar-Task SPI extension

See Also:
  - https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31520

## Field Summary

### Fields inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

`description, location, project`

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`Service()`

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`void`
`addConfiguredProvider(Provider provider)`
Add a nested provider element.
`void`
`check()`
Check if this object is configured correctly as a nested element.
`InputStream`
`getAsStream()`
Return the implementations of this services as an inputstream.
`String`
`getType()`
`void`
`setProvider(String className)`
Set the provider classname.
`void`
`setType(String type)`
Set the service type.

### Methods inherited from class org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectComponent

`clone, getDescription, getLocation, getProject, log, log, setDescription, setLocation, setProject`

### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

`equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### Service

public Service()

## Method Details

### setProvider

public void setProvider(String className)
Set the provider classname.

Parameters:
  `className` - the classname of a provider of this service.

### addConfiguredProvider

public void addConfiguredProvider(Provider provider)
Add a nested provider element.

Parameters:
  `provider` - a provider element.

### getType

public String getType()

Returns:
  the service type.

### setType

public void setType(String type)
Set the service type.

Parameters:
  `type` - the service type, a classname of an interface or a class (normally abstract).

### getAsStream

public InputStream getAsStream() throws IOException
Return the implementations of this services as an inputstream.

Returns:
  an inputstream of the classname names encoded as UTF-8.
Throws:
  `IOException` - if there is an error.

### check

public void check()
Check if this object is configured correctly as a nested element.