Remove RegistryHook

Remove RegistryHook which is not longer used. Remove related methods
from ItemRegistry and ItemUiRegistry.

Signed-off-by: Holger Friedrich <mail@holger-friedrich.de>

bundles/org.openhab.core.ui/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/ui/internal/items/ItemUIRegistryImpl.java

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ import org.openhab.core.items.Item;
 import org.openhab.core.items.ItemNotFoundException;
 import org.openhab.core.items.ItemNotUniqueException;
 import org.openhab.core.items.ItemRegistry;
-import org.openhab.core.items.RegistryHook;
 import org.openhab.core.library.items.CallItem;
 import org.openhab.core.library.items.ColorItem;
 import org.openhab.core.library.items.ContactItem;
@@ -1428,16 +1427,6 @@ public class ItemUIRegistryImpl implements ItemUIRegistry {
         return itemRegistry.remove(itemName, recursive);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void addRegistryHook(RegistryHook<Item> hook) {
-        itemRegistry.addRegistryHook(hook);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void removeRegistryHook(RegistryHook<Item> hook) {
-        itemRegistry.removeRegistryHook(hook);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public @Nullable String getUnitForWidget(Widget w) {
         String itemName = w.getItem();

bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/internal/items/ItemRegistryImpl.java

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ package org.openhab.core.internal.items;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.concurrent.CopyOnWriteArrayList;
 
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.NonNullByDefault;
 import org.eclipse.jdt.annotation.Nullable;
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ import org.openhab.core.items.ManagedItemProvider;
 import org.openhab.core.items.Metadata;
 import org.openhab.core.items.MetadataAwareItem;
 import org.openhab.core.items.MetadataRegistry;
-import org.openhab.core.items.RegistryHook;
 import org.openhab.core.items.events.ItemEventFactory;
 import org.openhab.core.service.CommandDescriptionService;
 import org.openhab.core.service.ReadyService;
@@ -68,7 +66,6 @@ public class ItemRegistryImpl extends AbstractRegistry<Item, String, ItemProvide
 
     private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ItemRegistryImpl.class);
 
-    private final List<RegistryHook<Item>> registryHooks = new CopyOnWriteArrayList<>();
     private @Nullable StateDescriptionService stateDescriptionService;
     private @Nullable CommandDescriptionService commandDescriptionService;
     private final MetadataRegistry metadataRegistry;
@@ -388,30 +385,9 @@ public class ItemRegistryImpl extends AbstractRegistry<Item, String, ItemProvide
         super.notifyListenersAboutUpdatedElement(oldElement, element);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public void added(Provider<Item> provider, Item element) {
-        for (RegistryHook<Item> registryHook : registryHooks) {
-            registryHook.beforeAdding(element);
-        }
-        super.added(provider, element);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    protected void addProvider(Provider<Item> provider) {
-        for (Item element : provider.getAll()) {
-            for (RegistryHook<Item> registryHook : registryHooks) {
-                registryHook.beforeAdding(element);
-            }
-        }
-        super.addProvider(provider);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public void removed(Provider<Item> provider, Item element) {
         super.removed(provider, element);
-        for (RegistryHook<Item> registryHook : registryHooks) {
-            registryHook.afterRemoving(element);
-        }
         if (provider instanceof ManagedItemProvider) {
             // remove our metadata for that item
             logger.debug("Item {} was removed, trying to clean up corresponding metadata", element.getUID());
@@ -419,26 +395,6 @@ public class ItemRegistryImpl extends AbstractRegistry<Item, String, ItemProvide
         }
     }
 
-    @Override
-    protected void removeProvider(Provider<Item> provider) {
-        super.removeProvider(provider);
-        for (Item element : provider.getAll()) {
-            for (RegistryHook<Item> registryHook : registryHooks) {
-                registryHook.afterRemoving(element);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void addRegistryHook(RegistryHook<Item> hook) {
-        registryHooks.add(hook);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void removeRegistryHook(RegistryHook<Item> hook) {
-        registryHooks.remove(hook);
-    }
-
     @Reference(cardinality = ReferenceCardinality.OPTIONAL, policy = ReferencePolicy.DYNAMIC)
     public void setStateDescriptionService(StateDescriptionService stateDescriptionService) {
         this.stateDescriptionService = stateDescriptionService;

bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/items/ItemRegistry.java

@@ -105,18 +105,4 @@ public interface ItemRegistry extends Registry<Item, String> {
      */
     @Nullable
     Item remove(String itemName, boolean recursive);
-
-    /**
-     * Add a hook to be informed before adding/after removing items.
-     *
-     * @param hook
-     */
-    void addRegistryHook(RegistryHook<Item> hook);
-
-    /**
-     * Remove the hook again.
-     *
-     * @param hook
-     */
-    void removeRegistryHook(RegistryHook<Item> hook);
 }

bundles/org.openhab.core/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/items/RegistryHook.java

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2010-2025 Contributors to the openHAB project
- *
- * See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
- * information.
- *
- * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
- * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
- * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0
- *
- * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
- */
-package org.openhab.core.items;
-
-import org.openhab.core.common.registry.Identifiable;
-
-/**
- * A listener to be informed before entities are added respectively after they are removed.
- *
- * @author Simon Kaufmann - Initial contribution
- */
-public interface RegistryHook<E extends Identifiable<?>> {
-
-    /**
-     * Notifies the listener that an element is going to be added to the registry.
-     *
-     * @param element the element to be added
-     */
-    void beforeAdding(E element);
-
-    /**
-     * Notifies the listener that an element was removed from the registry.
-     *
-     * @param element the element that was removed
-     */
-    void afterRemoving(E element);
-}

itests/org.openhab.core.model.thing.tests/src/main/java/org/openhab/core/model/thing/test/GenericItemChannelLinkProviderJavaTest.java

@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ public class GenericItemChannelLinkProviderJavaTest extends JavaOSGiTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testIntegrationWithGenericItemProvider() throws Exception {
-        Thread.sleep(2500); // Wait for the ChannelItemProvider to join the game
-
         Collection<Thing> things = thingRegistry.getAll();
         assertThat(things.size(), is(0));
 
@@ -133,7 +131,7 @@ public class GenericItemChannelLinkProviderJavaTest extends JavaOSGiTest {
 
         // Now add the model again
         modelRepository.addOrRefreshModel(ITEMS_TESTMODEL_NAME, new ByteArrayInputStream(itemsModel.getBytes()));
-        assertThat(itemRegistry.getItems().size(), is(2)); // -> ensure ChannelItemProvider cleans up properly
+        assertThat(itemRegistry.getItems().size(), is(2)); // -> ensure proper clean-up
         assertThat(itemChannelLinkRegistry.getAll().size(), is(1));
     }