src/main/java/org/apache/sling/models/impl/FirstImplementationPicker.java

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package org.apache.sling.models.impl;

import org.apache.sling.models.spi.ImplementationPicker;
import org.osgi.framework.Constants;
import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.Component;

/**
 * Picks first implementation.
 * This is the default implementation which is not very intelligent because it just picks
 * the first implementation from the list that is alphabetically ordered by class name.
 * But at least it gives a consistent behavior.
 * It's service ranking is set to the highest value to allow more intelligent implementations to step in.
 */
@Component(property=Constants.SERVICE_RANKING+":Integer="+Integer.MAX_VALUE, service=ImplementationPicker.class)
public class FirstImplementationPicker implements ImplementationPicker {

    @Override
    public Class<?> pick(Class<?> adapterType, Class<?>[] implementationsTypes, Object adaptable) {
        // implementations is never null or empty
        return implementationsTypes[0];
    }

}