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Added in API level 35

Summary: Methods | Inherited Methods

ServiceLoader.Provider

public static interface ServiceLoader.Provider
implements Supplier<S>

java.util.ServiceLoader.Provider<S>

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<? extends S>`	`type()` Returns the provider type.

Inherited methods

From interface


        
          java.util.function.Supplier


        abstract


        S


      get()

Gets a result.

Public methods

get

Added in API level 35

public abstract S get ()

Returns an instance of the provider.

Returns
`S`	An instance of the provider.

Throws
`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

Added in API level 35

public abstract Class<? extends S> type ()

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.

Returns
`Class<? extends S>`	The provider type

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Last updated 2026-08-03 UTC.

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