On 12/4/12 3:42 PM, Daniel Fuchs wrote:
In the class descriptions it suggests that the default implementation
may be "installed as a module" but we aren't there yet so I'm not sure
about using the term "module". I think it should be okay to say
"installed as an extension" as ServiceLoader uses this term.
So that would be the wording:
* Uses the service-provider loading facilities, defined by the
* {@link java.util.ServiceLoader} class, to attempt to locate
* and load an implementation of the service. If there are
* providers other than the implementation specific default
* located, then the first provider that is
* not the default is instantiated and returned; Otherwise
* the default implementation is returned if it is on the
* classpath or installed as an extension.
This however suggests that in JDK 8 the default implementation
*needs* to be put on the classpath or installed as an extension.
But is that right?
Wouldn't that be required only when running with a profile in
which the default implementation is not present by default?
Maybe we need to find yet a better wording.
-- daniel
