getRegistry question

[John Taylor]

KevinBenson wrote:
> I sent this earlier e-mail to the reg-dm list earlier when it was 
> meant for the registry list.
>
> KevinBenson wrote:
>> Have one question.
>> 1.)  Do you think we need a getRegistry method to the RI?  Currently 
>> we do "not" have a getRegistry interface method.  It would be quite 
>> simple, it would have no parameters just simply return the main 
>> registry type for "that" registry.  If my memory is correct I think 
>> we might have had it a very long time ago to the RI, but for some 
>> reason we dropped it.  The use would be for clients to determine if 
>> XQuery is supported or extendedSearches can be done.   I guess 
>> optionally they can sort of get this information from the RofR (not 
>> sure how the client would determine which registry is nearby).  This 
>> seems like quite an easy interface method to add and could be quite 
>> useful.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Kevin
>>
>
>
Could this go in the <capabilities> section of the registry's entry for 
itself?
John