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package com.oracle.jvmci.service;

/**
 * Marker interface for a service provider that can be loaded by {@link Services#load(Class)} or
 * {@link Services#loadSingle(Class, boolean)}. These providers are hidden behind a class loader not
 * accessible to applications. For this reason, {@link Services#load(Class)} and
 * {@link Services#loadSingle(Class, boolean)} perform {@link SecurityManager} checks.
 *
 * If this marker interface is applied to a service interface <i>S</I> as opposed to a service
 * provider, then all providers implementing <i>S</i> have the semantics described above.
 *
 * @see Services
 * @see ServiceProvider
 */
public interface Service {
}