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/**
* A lightweight service locator infrastructure to help components acquire dependent components. The implementation of
* the repository system is decomposed into many sub components that interact with each other via interfaces, allowing
* an application to customize the system by swapping in different implementation classes for these interfaces. The
* service locator defined by this package is one means for components to get hold of the proper implementation for its
* dependencies. While not the most popular approach to component wiring, this service locator enables applications
* that do not wish to pull in more sophisticated solutions like dependency injection containers to have a small
* footprint. Therefore, all components should implement {@link org.eclipse.aether.spi.locator.Service} to support this
* goal.
*/
package org.eclipse.aether.spi.locator;