diff graal/com.oracle.jvmci.service/src/com/oracle/jvmci/service/ServiceProvider.java @ 21760:55058b8000ea

updated javadoc to document that JVMCI services are disjoint from the standard service loading mechanism and tightened generic type constraint such that Services and @ServiceProcessor can only be used with classes implementing Service
author Doug Simon <doug.simon@oracle.com>
date Sat, 06 Jun 2015 09:23:37 +0200
parents 93f282187d90
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--- a/graal/com.oracle.jvmci.service/src/com/oracle/jvmci/service/ServiceProvider.java	Fri Jun 05 23:54:02 2015 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.jvmci.service/src/com/oracle/jvmci/service/ServiceProvider.java	Sat Jun 06 09:23:37 2015 +0200
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.*;
 
+/**
+ * Annotates a class that implements a {@linkplain Service JVMCI service}. This annotation is used
+ * by the JVMCI build system to deploy the necessary files used to {@linkplain Services#load(Class)
+ * load} JVMCI services at runtime.
+ */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.CLASS)
 @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
 public @interface ServiceProvider {