Hi,

> http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/guide/jar/jar.html#Service%20Provider
>
> Surprisingly, it seems like javax.imageio.spi.ServiceRegistry is the
> only public JDK class that implements this lookup method.

java.security, javax.sound, javax.crypto, javax.naming, and
javax.print use this mechanism as well. In JDK 1.6, additionally
java.sql (JDBC 3.0), javax.script, and javax.tools.

Thomas

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