Initial Contribution
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+/**
+ * @author Rustem V. Rafikov
+ * @version $Revision: 1.3 $
+ */
+package javax.imageio.spi;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * The IIOServiceProvider abstract class provides base functionality
+ * for imageio service provider interfaces (SPIs).
+ */
+public abstract class IIOServiceProvider implements RegisterableService {
+
+ /** The vendor name of this service provider. */
+ protected String vendorName;
+
+ /** The version of this service provider. */
+ protected String version;
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiates a new IIOServiceProvider.
+ *
+ * @param vendorName the vendor name of service provider.
+ * @param version the version of service provider.
+ */
+ public IIOServiceProvider(String vendorName, String version) {
+ if (vendorName == null) {
+ throw new NullPointerException("vendor name cannot be NULL");
+ }
+ if (version == null) {
+ throw new NullPointerException("version name cannot be NULL");
+ }
+ this.vendorName = vendorName;
+ this.version = version;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Instantiates a new IIOServiceProvider.
+ */
+ public IIOServiceProvider() {
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet");
+ }
+
+ public void onRegistration(ServiceRegistry registry, Class<?> category) {
+ // the default impl. does nothing
+ }
+
+ public void onDeregistration(ServiceRegistry registry, Class<?> category) {
+ throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not supported yet");
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the vendor name of this service provider.
+ *
+ * @return the vendor name of this service provider.
+ */
+ public String getVendorName() {
+ return vendorName;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Gets the version of this service provider.
+ *
+ * @return the version of this service provider.
+ */
+ public String getVersion() {
+ return version;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Gets a description of this service provider.
+ * The result string should be localized for the specified
+ * Locale.
+ *
+ * @param locale the specified Locale.
+ *
+ * @return the description of this service provider.
+ */
+ public abstract String getDescription(Locale locale);
+}