[hibernate-dev] Concept of "service availability"

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If I haven't mentioned before, a osgi service could also carry 
properties. This is used as example in the OSGI JPA Spec. where it is 
written:

> The service must be registered with the following service property:
> javax.persistence.provider – The JPA Provider implementation class 
> name, a documented name
> for all JPA Providers.

And it is possible to access these properties in the found 
ServiceReference's. This could also be used to carry information needed 
for hibernate to use a certain service, etc.