ECPProviderRegistry (ecp-parent 1.27.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ECPProviderRegistryImpl
```
public interface ECPProviderRegistry
```
Registry class to manage the registered providers. It is available as an OSGi service or using ECPUtil It publishes observable events on the ECPObserverBus. Related ECPObserver types: ECPProvidersChangedObserver. Use ECPUtil#getECPObserverBus() to retrieve the ObserverBus and ECPObserverBus#register(ECPObserver) to register an Observer.

Author:

Eike Stepper, Jonas

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addProvider(ECPProvider provider)`	Method to programmatically add an `ECPProvider` to list of available provider.
`ECPProvider`	`getProvider(java.lang.String name)`	This method returns the ECPProvider based on the name.
`java.util.Collection<ECPProvider>`	`getProviders()`	This method returns all known providers.
`void`	`removeProvider(java.lang.String name)`	Delete a provider programmatically from the list of available providers by its name.

- Method Detail
  - getProvider
```
ECPProvider getProvider(java.lang.String name)
```
    This method returns the ECPProvider based on the name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the ECPProvider to search for
    
    Returns:
    
    the ECPProvider
  - getProviders
```
java.util.Collection<ECPProvider> getProviders()
```
    This method returns all known providers.
    
    Returns:
    
    array of ECPProviders
  - addProvider
```
void addProvider(ECPProvider provider)
```
    Method to programmatically add an ECPProvider to list of available provider.
    
    Parameters:
    
    provider - the ECPProvider to add
  - removeProvider
```
void removeProvider(java.lang.String name)
```
    Delete a provider programmatically from the list of available providers by its name.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - the name of the provider to delete