org.apache.sling.models.annotations.injectorspecific

Annotation Type OSGiService

@Target(value={METHOD,FIELD,PARAMETER})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @InjectAnnotation
public @interface OSGiService

Annotation to be used on either methods, fields or constructor parameters to let Sling Models inject an OSGi service

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	filter specifies the RFC 1960-based filter string, which is evaluated when retrieving the service.
InjectionStrategy	injectionStrategy if set to REQUIRED injection is mandatory, if set to OPTIONAL injection is optional, in case of DEFAULT the standard annotations (Optional, Required) are used.
boolean	optional Deprecated. Use InjectionStrategy instead.

Element Detail

filter

public abstract String filter

specifies the RFC 1960-based filter string, which is evaluated when retrieving the service. If empty string or left out, then no filtering is being performed.

See Also:

"Core Specification, section 5.5, for a description of the filter string", RFC 1960

Default:

""

optional

@Deprecated
public abstract boolean optional

Deprecated. Use InjectionStrategy instead.

If set to true, the model can be instantiated even if there is no OSGi service implementation available. Default = false.

Default:

false

injectionStrategy

public abstract InjectionStrategy injectionStrategy

if set to REQUIRED injection is mandatory, if set to OPTIONAL injection is optional, in case of DEFAULT the standard annotations (Optional, Required) are used. If even those are not available the default injection strategy defined on the Model applies. Default value = DEFAULT.

Default:

org.apache.sling.models.annotations.injectorspecific.InjectionStrategy.DEFAULT