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package org.apache.knox.gateway.topology.discovery;

/**
 * ServiceDiscovery extensions must implement this interface to add support for a new discovery source.
 *
 * The ServiceLoader mechanism is used to include ServiceDiscovery extensions, and implementations of this interface
 * are the providers.
 */
public interface ServiceDiscoveryType {

    /**
     *
     * @return The identifier for the discovery type.
     */
    String getType();


    /**
     *
     * @return A new instance of the ServiceDiscovery implementation provided by this type.
     */
    ServiceDiscovery newInstance();

}
