org.astrogrid.acr.ivoa.resource
Interface RegistryService

All Superinterfaces:

Resource, Serializable, Service

public interface RegistryService
extends Service

An IVOA Registry Service

See Also:

Registry, ExternalRegistry

Method Summary

HarvestCapability	findHarvestCapability() The capability that describes the harvesting feature of this registry
SearchCapability	findSearchCapability() The capability that describes the search feature of this registry
String[]	getManagedAuthorities() lists the authority IDs that this registry manages.
boolean	isFull() if true, this is a full registry.

Methods inherited from interface org.astrogrid.acr.ivoa.resource.Service

getCapabilities, getRights

Methods inherited from interface org.astrogrid.acr.ivoa.resource.Resource

getContent, getCreated, getCuration, getId, getShortName, getStatus, getTitle, getType, getUpdated, getValidationLevel

Method Detail

isFull

boolean isFull()

if true, this is a full registry. False probably implies a publishing registry

getManagedAuthorities

String[] getManagedAuthorities()

lists the authority IDs that this registry manages.

findHarvestCapability

HarvestCapability findHarvestCapability()

The capability that describes the harvesting feature of this registry

Returns:

one of the items within Service.getCapabilities(), if this registry is capable of being harvested from.

findSearchCapability

SearchCapability findSearchCapability()

The capability that describes the search feature of this registry

Returns:

one of the items within Service.getCapabilities() if this registry is capable of being searched.