Service Descriptor Element
A service element defines an IceBox service. It typically contains at least one adapter element, and may supply additional information such as configuration properties.
This element may only appear as a child of an icebox element or a service-template element.
The following attributes are supported:
Attribute |
Description |
Required |
|---|---|---|
|
Specifies the entry point of this service. |
Yes |
|
Specifies the name of this service. Within the service, child elements can refer to its name using the reserved variable |
Yes |
An optional nested description element provides free-form descriptive text.
Here is an example to demonstrate the use of this element:
XML
<icebox id="MyIceBox" ...>
<service name="Service1" entry="service1:Create">
<description>A description of this service.</description>
<property name="ServiceName" value="${service}"/>
<adapter name="MyAdapter" id="${service}Adapter" .../>
</service>
<service name="Service2" entry="service2:Create"/>
</icebox>