Understanding SPI and Its Role in JDBC Driver Loading
What Is SPI?
SPI (Service Provider Interface) is a mechanism in Java that enables dynamic discovery of service implementations at runtime. It scans the META-INF/services/ directory on the classpath for files named after fully qualified interface names. Each file lists concrete implementation classes, allowing frameworks to load them without har ...
Posted on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:51:18 +0000 by vponz