Zdravo Ales...

here's my classes:

package com.raf.test;

import org.jboss.kernel.spi.dependency.KernelControllerContext;
import org.jboss.kernel.spi.dependency.KernelControllerContextAware;
import org.jboss.logging.Logger;

public class ServiceA implements KernelControllerContextAware {
    private KernelControllerContext controllerContext;
    private Logger log;
    private String val;
    private ServiceB svcB;

    public ServiceA() {
        log = Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName());
    }
   
    public String getValue() {
        return val;
    }

    public void setValue(String val) {
        this.val = val;
    }
   
    public ServiceB getServiceB() {
        return this.svcB;
    }
   
    public void setServiceB(ServiceB val) {
        this.svcB = val;
    }

    public void init() {
        try {
            log.info("lookup = " + controllerContext.getController().getInstalledContext("SvcB"));
        } catch (Throwable e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        log.info("init-ed");
    }
   
    public void create() {
        log.info("created");
    }
   
    public void start() {
        log.info("started");
    }
   
    public void stop() {
        log.info("stopped");
    }
   
    public void destroy() {
        log.info("destroyed");
    }

    @Override
    public void setKernelControllerContext(KernelControllerContext arg0)
            throws Exception {
        this.controllerContext = arg0;
    }

    @Override
    public void unsetKernelControllerContext(KernelControllerContext arg0)
            throws Exception {
        this.controllerContext = null;
    }
}

package com.raf.test;

import org.jboss.logging.Logger;

public class ServiceB {

    private Logger log;
    private String val;

    public ServiceB() {
        log = Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName());
    }
   
    public String getValue() {
        return val;
    }

    public void setValue(String val) {
        this.val = val;
    }

    public void init() {
        log.info("init-ed");
    }
   
    public void create() {
        log.info("created");
    }
   
    public void start() {
        log.info("started");
    }
   
    public void stop() {
        log.info("stopped");
    }
   
    public void destroy() {
        log.info("destroyed");
    }
}

and the descriptor:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<deployment xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xsi:schemaLocation="urn:jboss:bean-deployer bean-deployer_2_0.xsd"
            xmlns="urn:jboss:bean-deployer:2.0">

    <bean name="SvcA" class="com.raf.test.ServiceA">
        <install method="init"/>
    </bean>
   
    <bean name="SvcB" class="com.raf.test.ServiceB">
        <install method="init"/>
    </bean>
   
</deployment>

The "getInstalledContext("SvcB")" from ServiceA.java fails. It suggest some sort of scoping is at play because if I look up SvcA from ServiceA, it works just fine.  I want to be able to look up a service just the same as if it is injected to me via "<inject bean=" from any service. Is this possible? Thanks!

Martin

Ales -

getContext("SvcB", null) worked great, and so did the depends - the only caveat with the depends that I experienced in my other code (which I can't paste verbatim) is a circular dependency. However, the manual, thankfully, is clear on how to resolve those by depending on a different state (e.g. Instantiated) than 'installed', so I was able to resolve it that way too.

hvala za vaš  nasvet,

Martin

p.s. I'm from Macedonia (ex-YU).

That's what I did eventually. I had a misunderstanding with the software architect - I understood him that I wasn't supposed to modify his interface, which I thought meant, no adding of injection setters/getters on the implementation classes - thus I asked you how to get at the kernelcontrollercontext via the locator pattern... Turns out, after talking to him, he only meant not modifying the _actual_ interface (public interface xxx...) and he was fine with me adding injectors (setters) on the impl....

He was trying to develop some sort of a 'generic' interface for some of our products that he didn't want bound to anything jboss-y, that we could reuse anywhere, outside jboss or any other container.... long story that I can't quite fill you in on unless you come work for us .

Hvala.

Martin