Understanding Java Service Provider Interface (SPI) Mechanism

The Service Provider Interface (SPI) is a powerful service discovery mechanism built into Java. It enables frameworks to discover and load service implemantations dynamically by scanning configuration files in the META-INF/services directory on the classpath. Many popular frameworks including Dubbo and JDBC leverage SPI to provide extensible ar ...

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