[hibernate-dev] ServiceLoader and @ProviderFor

[Steve Ebersole]

https://code.google.com/p/spi/

^^ defines an annotation and processor for helping with services in the 
JDK ServiceLoader sense.

For example, if you wanted to implement Integrator:

@ProviderFor(Integrator.class)
public void class MyIntegrator implements Integrator {
     ...
}

The AP then:
1) validates your defined services (not really sure what this means 
behind making sure you define a no-arg ctor).
2) manages your 
META-INF/services/org.hibernate.integrator.spi.Integrator file for you

Just wanted to see what y'all thought of including this for building. 
It is not a runtime dependency at all!  More I am just wondering if 
y'all thought this made it easier/better to manage the META-INF/services 
provider file.


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