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package org.apache.uima.resource.service.impl;

import java.util.Map;

import org.apache.uima.UIMAFramework;
import org.apache.uima.resource.Resource;
import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceInitializationException;
import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceServiceException;
import org.apache.uima.resource.ResourceSpecifier;
import org.apache.uima.resource.metadata.ResourceMetaData;

/**
 * Convenience base class for Resource Service implementations. This class is independent of the
 * deployment technology used to deploy the service.
 * 
 * 
 */
public class ResourceService_impl {

  /**
   * The Resource that delivers the functionality for this service.
   */
  private Resource mResource;

  /**
   * Initializes this ResourceService_impl. This method must be called before any other methods on
   * this class may be called.
   * 
   * @param aResourceSpecifier
   *          specifier that describes how to create the resources that provide the functionality
   *          for this service.
   * @param aResourceInitParams
   *          additional parameters to be passed on to the Resource Factory.
   */
  public void initialize(ResourceSpecifier aResourceSpecifier, Map<String, Object> aResourceInitParams)
          throws ResourceInitializationException {
    // create Resource
    mResource = UIMAFramework.produceResource(getResourceClass(), aResourceSpecifier,
            aResourceInitParams);
  }

  /**
   * Gets metadata for this Resource service.
   * 
   */
  public ResourceMetaData getMetaData() throws ResourceServiceException {
    return getResource().getMetaData();
  }

  /**
   * Gets the Class of resource that provides the functionality for this service. This information
   * is used in the {@link #initialize(ResourceSpecifier,Map)} method in order to create the
   * Resource object. Subclasses may override this method to specify which resource class is to be
   * created.
   * 
   * @return the Resource Class for this service
   */
  protected Class<? extends Resource> getResourceClass() {
    return Resource.class;
  }

  /**
   * Gets the Resource that delivers the functionality for this resource.
   * 
   * @return the Resource Pool
   */
  protected Resource getResource() {
    return mResource;
  }
}
