bundles/org.eclipse.packagedrone.repo.aspect/src/org/eclipse/packagedrone/repo/aspect/ChannelAspectProcessor.java
public static Map<String, ChannelAspectInformation> scanAspectInformations ( final BundleContext context )
    {
        Collection<ServiceReference<ChannelAspectFactory>> refs;
        try
        {
            refs = context.getServiceReferences ( ChannelAspectFactory.class, null );
        }
        catch ( final InvalidSyntaxException e )
        {
            // this should never happen since we don't specific a filter
            return Collections.emptyMap ();
        }

        if ( refs == null )
        {
            return Collections.emptyMap ();
        }

        final Map<String, ChannelAspectInformation> result = new HashMap<> ( refs.size () );

        for ( final ServiceReference<ChannelAspectFactory> ref : refs )
        {
            final ChannelAspectInformation info = makeInformation ( ref );
            result.put ( info.getFactoryId (), info );
        }

        return result;
    }
public static Map<String, ChannelAspectInformation> scanAspectInformations ( final BundleContext context )
    {
        Collection<ServiceReference<ChannelAspectFactory>> refs;
        try
        {
            refs = context.getServiceReferences ( ChannelAspectFactory.class, null );
        }
        catch ( final InvalidSyntaxException e )
        {
            // this should never happen since we don't specific a filter
            return Collections.emptyMap ();
        }

        if ( refs == null )
        {
            return Collections.emptyMap ();
        }

        final Map<String, ChannelAspectInformation> result = new HashMap<> ( refs.size () );

        for ( final ServiceReference<ChannelAspectFactory> ref : refs )
        {
            final ChannelAspectInformation info = makeInformation ( ref );
            result.put ( info.getFactoryId (), info );
        }

        return result;
    }
This actively scans for available aspects and returns their information
objects

@param context
the context to use
@return the result map, never returns <code>null</code>