On 3/9/06, Jörg Schaible <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi folks, > > do we have something like the java.util.Service class introduced with JDK > 1.6 withing Jakarta? This is basically a proper API to access the Service > Provider mechanism described here: > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Service%20Provider
The closest analog is probably the "Commons Discovery" package, which utilizes a variety of strategies to do service discovery (including, IIRC, the META-INF service lookup trick). - Jörg Craig
