001/* 002 * CDDL HEADER START 003 * 004 * The contents of this file are subject to the terms of the 005 * Common Development and Distribution License, Version 1.0 only 006 * (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance 007 * with the License. 008 * 009 * You can obtain a copy of the license at legal-notices/CDDLv1_0.txt 010 * or http://forgerock.org/license/CDDLv1.0.html. 011 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions 012 * and limitations under the License. 013 * 014 * When distributing Covered Code, include this CDDL HEADER in each 015 * file and include the License file at legal-notices/CDDLv1_0.txt. 016 * If applicable, add the following below this CDDL HEADER, with the 017 * fields enclosed by brackets "[]" replaced with your own identifying 018 * information: 019 * Portions Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner] 020 * 021 * CDDL HEADER END 022 * 023 * 024 * Copyright 2013 ForgeRock AS. 025 */ 026package org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.spi; 027 028/** 029 * Interface for providers, which provide an implementation of one or more interfaces. 030 * <p> 031 * A provider must be declared in the provider-configuration file 032 * {@code META-INF/services/org.forgerock.opendj.ldap.spi.<ProviderClass>} 033 * in order to allow automatic loading of the implementation classes using the 034 * {@code java.util.ServiceLoader} facility. 035 */ 036public interface Provider { 037 038 /** 039 * Returns the name of this provider. 040 * 041 * @return name of provider 042 */ 043 String getName(); 044 045}