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package com.hazelcast.spi.discovery.integration;
/**
* The DiscoveryServiceProvider interface provides the possibility to build {@link DiscoveryService}s.
* DiscoveryService implementations should be immutable and therefore the provider is introduced to
* provide this ability. Every service should have its own provider, however in rare cases a single provider might
* create different DiscoveryService implementations based on the provided {@link DiscoveryMode} or other
* configuration details.
*
* @since 3.6
*/
public interface DiscoveryServiceProvider {
/**
* Instantiates a new instance of the {@link DiscoveryService}.
*
* @param settings The settings to pass to creation of the DiscoveryService
* @return a new instance of the discovery service
*/
DiscoveryService newDiscoveryService(DiscoveryServiceSettings settings);
}