org.apache.ace.discovery/src/org/apache/ace/discovery/Discovery.java

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package org.apache.ace.discovery;

import java.net.URL;

import org.osgi.annotation.versioning.ProviderType;

/**
 * Service interface that can be used to locate the server.
 */
@ProviderType
public interface Discovery
{

    /**
     * Discovers the location of the server.
     *
     * @return URL pointing to the base address of the server
     */
    public URL discover();

}