NEW ISSUE: Representation of references with multiplicity > 1 on Component Context API

["Blohm, Henning" <henning.blohm@sap.com>]

Title: NEW ISSUE: Representation of references with multiplicity > 1 on Component Context API

TARGET:

Java Common Annotations and APIs specification, section "Java API" / "Component Context"

DESCRIPTION:

Service Component references may be of multiplicity greater 1. While the @Reference annotation considers that case and supports injection of a collection of service references, the ComponentContext API does not support retrieval of a collection of service references.

PROPOSAL:

Add the following methods to the ComponentContext API:

<B> List<B> getServices(Class<B> businessInterface, String referenceName);
(returns a list of typed service proxies for a business interface type and a reference name)

<B> List<ServiceReference<B>> getServiceReferences(Class<B> businessInterface, String referenceName);
(returns a list typed service reference for a business interface type and a reference name)