ServiceType (Vert.x Stack - Docs 5.0.0.CR3 API)

All Known Subinterfaces:

EventBusService, HttpEndpoint, MessageSource, MongoDataSource, RedisDataSource
```
public interface ServiceType
```
Represents a service type.
A service type is for example: `http-endpoint`, `data source`, `message source`. It defines what kind of resources is accessed through the service. For example, in the case of a `http endpoint`, the service object is a HTTP client. For `message source` it would a a consumer on which you set a handler receiving the message.
You can define your own service type by implementing this interface and configure the SPI file (META-INF/services/io.vertx.servicediscovery.spi.ServiceType) with your own implementation.

Author:

Clement Escoffier

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field Description

static String UNKNOWN
Unknown type.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`ServiceReference`	`get(Vertx vertx, ServiceDiscovery discovery, Record record, JsonObject configuration)`	Gets the `service` for the given record.
`String`	`name()`

- Field Detail
  - UNKNOWN
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static final String UNKNOWN
```
    Unknown type.
    
    See Also:
    
    Constant Field Values
- Method Detail
  - name
```
String name()
```
    Returns:
    
    the name of the type.
  - get
```
ServiceReference get(Vertx vertx,
                     ServiceDiscovery discovery,
                     Record record,
                     JsonObject configuration)
```
    Gets the `service` for the given record. The record's type must match the current type. From the returned ServiceReference, the consumer can start using the service and release it.
    
    Parameters:
    
    vertx - the vert.x instance
    
    discovery - the discovery instance requesting the reference
    
    record - the record
    
    configuration - some optional configuration, maybe be null or empty
    
    Returns:
    
    the retrieved ServiceReference