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| 40 |
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| 41 | /**
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| 42 | * Service Provider Interface (SPI) to plug in implementations for
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| 43 | * JSON processing objects.
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| 44 | *
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| 45 | * <p> {@link javax.json.spi.JsonProvider JsonProvider} is an abstract class
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| 46 | * that provides a service for creating JSON processing instances.
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| 47 | * A <i>service provider</i> for {@code JsonProvider} provides an
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| 48 | * specific implementation by subclassing and implementing the methods in
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| 49 | * {@code JsonProvider}. This enables using custom, efficient JSON processing
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| 50 | * implementations (for e.g. parser and generator) other than the default ones.
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| 51 | *
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| 52 | * <p>The API locates and loads providers using {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}.
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| 53 | *
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| 54 | * @since JSON Processing 1.0
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| 55 | * @author Jitendra Kotamraju
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| 56 | */
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| 57 | package javax.json.spi;
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