Re[2]: Why service provider method is called "provider", but not "provide"?

[Alex Orlov]

> The method does return a "provider". It returns the object that is an
> instance of a class that provides the service - hence that object is a
> provider.
 
I don’t agree with that. It returns the object that is an instance of the service.
 
 
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Best regards, Alex Orlov
 
  
>Понедельник, 23 ноября 2020, 1:30 +03:00 от David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>:
> 
>On 20/11/2020 9:48 pm, Alex Orlov wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> According to this tutorial  https://www.logicbig.com/tutorials/core-java-tutorial/modules/service-provider-method.html
>> we can declare in module-info provider class with "provider" method. For example,
>>
>>  ......
>> public class TheServiceProvider {
>>    public static AService provider() {
>>        return new AServiceImpl();
>>    }
>> }
>>
>> The only thing what I don’t understand is why this method is called "provider". The method doesn’t return
>> provider, method returns an instance of the service, so, as I understand, the method must be named
>> "provide". And, as I understand, provider is usually the class, that has "provide" method.
>
>The method does return a "provider". It returns the object that is an
>instance of a class that provides the service - hence that object is a
>provider.
>
>Cheers,
>David
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>
>> Of course that’s not very important, but it is JDK, so it was developed by very experienced java developer
>> who should know java naming convention and I want to understand why this did so. Could anyone explain?
>>
>>
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>> Best regards, Alex Orlov
>>