[jira] [Created] (TAMAYA-199) DefaultServiceContext.getServices does not return the services as sorted list

["Thomas Liebetraut (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Thomas Liebetraut created TAMAYA-199:
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             Summary: DefaultServiceContext.getServices does not return the services as sorted list
                 Key: TAMAYA-199
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAMAYA-199
             Project: Tamaya
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: Core
    Affects Versions: 0.3-incubating
            Reporter: Thomas Liebetraut


At some places in the code, for instance in tamaya-formats, {{ConfigurationFormats.getFormats()}} the code relies on a list of loaded services to be sorted by priority.
This is an assumption that is wrong and results in {{ConfigurationFormats.getFormats()}} to violate its documentation. The formats are in the order that the ServiceLoader found them, not sorted by priority.

While the documentation of {{DefaultServiceContext.getServices}} does not explicitly state an order, I think it would make most sense to sort the list there. If a service client doesn't care about the order, an ordered list won't be a problem, but if a client cares about the order (like in tamaya-formats), it doesn't have to implement the sorting over and over again.



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