API Reference for Enthought Tool Suite 3.2.0

The service registry interface.

The service registry provides a 'Yellow Pages' style mechanism, in that services are published and looked up by protocol (meaning, interface, type, or class (for old-style classes!). It is called a 'Yellow Pages' mechanism because it is just like looking up a telephone number in the 'Yellow Pages' phone book. You use the 'Yellow Pages' instead of the 'White Pages' when you don't know the name of the person you want to call but you do know what kind of service you require. For example, if you have a leaking pipe, you know you need a plumber, so you pick up your 'Yellow Pages', go to the 'Plumbers' section and choose one that seems to fit the bill based on price, location, certification, etc. The service registry does exactly the same thing as the 'Yellow Pages', only with objects, and it even allows you to publish your own entries for free (unlike the real one)!

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