Service

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.readium.r2.shared.util.Closeable
```
public interface Publication.Service
 implements Closeable
                    
```
Base interface to be implemented by all publication services.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type	Class	Description
`public final class`	`Publication.Service.Context`	Container for the context from which a service is created.

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor	Description

Enum Constant Summary

Enum Constants
Enum Constant	Description

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`Resource`	`get(Link link)`	A service can return a Resource to: respond to a request to its web API declared in links, serve additional resources on behalf of the publication, replace a publication resource by its own version. Called by Publication.get for each request.
`Unit`	`close()`	Closes any opened file handles, removes temporary files, etc.
`List<Link>`	`getLinks()`

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
- Method Detail
  - get
```
 Resource get(Link link)
```
    A service can return a Resource to:
    respond to a request to its web API declared in links,
    serve additional resources on behalf of the publication,
    replace a publication resource by its own version.
    Called by Publication.get for each request.
    Warning: If you need to request one of the publication resources to answer the request, use the Fetcher provided by the Publication.Service.Context instead of Publication.get, otherwise it will trigger an infinite loop.
  - close
```
 Unit close()
```
    Closes any opened file handles, removes temporary files, etc.
  - getLinks
```
 List<Link> getLinks()
```