Thanks for the explanation. 
The documentation I was referring to is: 
https://wiki.jenkins.io/display/JENKINS/Defining+a+new+extension+point

On Friday, July 24, 2020 at 5:50:15 PM UTC+5:30 Jesse Glick wrote:

> An `ExtensionPoint` is implemented by classes marked `@Extension`,
> which are singletons contributed by plugins, sometimes known as a
> service registry pattern. This is the fundamental mechanism by which
> Jenkins plugins add functionality. An admin does not configure the
> _set_ of extensions, though a particular extension may have
> configurable properties (typically as a `GlobalConfguration`).
> Extensions need not have any presence in the UI whatsoever. They are
> found via `ExtensionList`.
>
> A `Descriptor` is a special kind of extension which registers an
> implementation class of associated `Describable`, sometimes also
> serving as a factory. `Describable` instances are defined by an admin
> or other user via the GUI or configuration-as-code, use
> `@DataBoundConstructor` & `@DataBoundSetter`, are intended to be
> persisted using XStream, and are typically values of a property or
> elements of a list defined in turn by something else—a job property, a
> build step, a piece of global configuration, some other `Describable`,
> etc.
>
> I am not sure exactly which documentation you are referring to but
> perhaps it needs to be patched.
>

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