Service (Hippo Site Toolkit API 15.4.0 API)

```
public interface Service
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`closeValueProvider(boolean closeChildServices)`	Closing a valueprovider means that the underlying value provider might be closed after calling this method, though this is up to the implementation.
`Service[]`	`getChildServices()`
`ValueProvider`	`getValueProvider()`

- Method Detail
  - getValueProvider
```
ValueProvider getValueProvider()
```
    Returns:
    
    ValueProvider giving access to the underlying object providing the values
  - getChildServices
```
Service[] getChildServices()
```
    Returns:
    
    an array of child Services. If there are no child services, an empty array is returned
  - closeValueProvider
```
void closeValueProvider(boolean closeChildServices)
```
    Closing a valueprovider means that the underlying value provider might be closed after calling this method, though this is up to the implementation.
    
    Parameters:
    
    closeChildServices -