## 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:
  java.lang.Cloneable

    public class Service

extends ProjectComponent

ANT Jar-Task SPI extension

See Also:
  http://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
`Service()`

Method Summary
`void` `addConfiguredProvider(Provider provider)` Add a nested provider element.
`void` `check()` Check if this object is configured correctly as a nested element.
`java.io.InputStream` `getAsStream()` Return the implementations of this services as an inputstream.
`java.lang.String` `getType()`
`void` `setProvider(java.lang.String className)` Set the provider classname.
`void` `setType(java.lang.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 Detail

### Service

    public Service()

Method Detail

### setProvider

    public void setProvider(java.lang.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 java.lang.String getType()

  Returns:
    the service type.

### setType

    public void setType(java.lang.String type)

  Set the service type.

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

### getAsStream

    public java.io.InputStream getAsStream()
                                    throws java.io.IOException

  Return the implementations of this services as an inputstream.

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

### check

    public void check()

  Check if this object is configured correctly as a nested element.