Whiteboard (Jackrabbit Oak 1.62.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultWhiteboard, OsgiWhiteboard
```
@ProviderType
public interface Whiteboard
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T> Registration`	`register(java.lang.Class<T> type, T service, java.util.Map<?,?> properties)`	Publishes the given service to the whiteboard.
`<T> Tracker<T>`	`track(java.lang.Class<T> type)`	Starts tracking services of the given type.
`<T> Tracker<T>`	`track(java.lang.Class<T> type, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> filterProperties)`	Starts tracking services of the given type, with given attributes.

- Method Detail
  - register
```
<T> Registration register(java.lang.Class<T> type,
                          T service,
                          java.util.Map<?,?> properties)
```
    Publishes the given service to the whiteboard. Use the returned registration object to unregister the service.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - type of the service
    
    service - service instance
    
    properties - service properties. Those need to use String keys, but for backwards compatibility reasons this is not enforced via generics.
    
    Returns:
    
    service registration
  - track
```
<T> Tracker<T> track(java.lang.Class<T> type)
```
    Starts tracking services of the given type.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - type of the services to track
    
    Returns:
    
    service tracker
  - track
```
<T> Tracker<T> track(java.lang.Class<T> type,
                     java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.String> filterProperties)
```
    Starts tracking services of the given type, with given attributes.
    
    Parameters:
    
    type - type of the services to track
    
    filterProperties - only services with these properties will be tracked. Null keys are not permitted. Null values means that the property should be absent.
    
    Returns:
    
    service tracker