DriverLocator

```
public interface DriverLocator
```
A Driver Locator service can find and load device driver bundles given a property set. Each driver is represented by a unique DRIVER_ID.
Driver Locator services provide the mechanism for dynamically downloading new device driver bundles into an OSGi environment. They are supplied by providers and encapsulate all provider-specific details related to the location and acquisition of driver bundles.

See Also:

Driver

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String[]`	`findDrivers(java.util.Dictionary<java.lang.String,?> props)`	Returns an array of `DRIVER_ID` strings of drivers capable of attaching to a device with the given properties.
`java.io.InputStream`	`loadDriver(java.lang.String id)`	Get an `InputStream` from which the driver bundle providing a driver with the giving `DRIVER_ID` can be installed.

- Method Detail
  - findDrivers
```
java.lang.String[] findDrivers(java.util.Dictionary<java.lang.String,?> props)
```
    Returns an array of DRIVER_ID strings of drivers capable of attaching to a device with the given properties.
    The property keys in the specified Dictionary objects are case-insensitive.
    
    Parameters:
    
    props - the properties of the device for which a driver is sought
    
    Returns:
    
    array of driver DRIVER_ID strings of drivers capable of attaching to a Device service with the given properties, or null if this Driver Locator service does not know of any such drivers
  - loadDriver
```
java.io.InputStream loadDriver(java.lang.String id)
                        throws java.io.IOException
```
    Get an InputStream from which the driver bundle providing a driver with the giving DRIVER_ID can be installed.
    
    Parameters:
    
    id - the DRIVER_ID of the driver that needs to be installed.
    
    Returns:
    
    An InputStream object from which the driver bundle can be installed or null if the driver with the given ID cannot be located
    
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException - the input stream for the bundle cannot be created