IProvidedCapability

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProvidedCapability
```
public interface IProvidedCapability
```
Describes a capability that is exposed by an installable unit. These capabilities can satisfy the dependencies of other installable units, causing the unit providing the dependency to be installed.
Instances of this class are handle objects and do not necessarily reflect entities that exist in any particular profile or repository. These handle objects can be created using MetadataFactory.

Since:

2.0

See Also:

IRequirement

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field and Description

static java.lang.String PROPERTY_VERSION
The name of the property under which the capability version is stored.

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static java.lang.String`	`PROPERTY_VERSION` The name of the property under which the capability version is stored.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`boolean`	`equals(java.lang.Object other)` Returns whether this provided capability is equal to the given object.
`java.lang.String`	`getName()`
`java.lang.String`	`getNamespace()`
`java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object>`	`getProperties()` A full description of this capability including the name and the version.
`Version`	`getVersion()`

- Field Detail
  - PROPERTY_VERSION
```
static final java.lang.String PROPERTY_VERSION
```
    The name of the property under which the capability version is stored. Can be used with getProperties(). The same value can be obtained with getVersion()
    
    Since:
    
    2.4
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - getNamespace
```
java.lang.String getNamespace()
```
    Returns:
    
    String the namespace of this capability.
  - getName
```
java.lang.String getName()
```
    Returns:
    
    String the attribute stored under a key equal to the getNamespace() attribute of this capability.
  - getVersion
```
Version getVersion()
```
    Returns:
    
    String the special PROPERTY_VERSION attribute of this capability.
  - getProperties
```
java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getProperties()
```
    A full description of this capability including the name and the version.
    Such a description can be used to match this capability with an LDAP filter for example.
    
    Returns:
    
    An unmodifiable map
    
    Since:
    
    2.4
  - equals
```
boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)
```
    Returns whether this provided capability is equal to the given object. This method returns true if:
    - Both this object and the given object are of type IProvidedCapability
    - The result of getNamespace() on both objects are equal
    - The result of getProperties() on both objects are equal
    Overrides:
    
    equals in class java.lang.Object

Interface IProvidedCapability

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

PROPERTY_VERSION

Method Detail

getNamespace

getName

getVersion

getProperties

equals