[hibernate-dev] ServiceLoader and @ProviderFor

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. -- steve(a)hibernate.org http://hibernate.org