Provider

interface Provider<S : Any!> : Supplier<S>
java.util.ServiceLoader.Provider

Represents a service provider located by ServiceLoader.

When using a loader's stream() method then the elements are of type Provider. This allows processing to select or filter on the provider class without instantiating the provider.

Summary

Public methods
abstract S
get()

Returns an instance of the provider.

abstract Class<out S>!

Returns the provider type.

Public methods

get

abstract fun get(): S

Returns an instance of the provider.

Return
S An instance of the provider.
Exceptions
java.util.ServiceConfigurationError If the service provider cannot be instantiated, or in the case of a provider factory, the public static "provider()" method returns null or throws an error or exception. The ServiceConfigurationError will carry an appropriate cause where possible.

type

abstract fun type(): Class<out S>!

Returns the provider type. There is no guarantee that this type is accessible or that it has a public no-args constructor. The get() method should be used to obtain the provider instance.

When a module declares that the provider class is created by a provider factory then this method returns the return type of its public static "provider()" method.

Return
Class<out S>! The provider type