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package org.netbeans.spi.scripting;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.ServiceLoader;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;

/** Provider of additional {@link ScriptEngineFactory} implementations.
 * Register into {@link ServiceLoader} pool of services.
 *
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface EngineProvider {
    /** Provide additional factories. Searches the system in a custom way
     * to find and instantiate additional (to those registered via
     * {@code META-INF/services/javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory} way)
     * factories.
     *
     * @return list of additional factories
     */
    public List factories();

    /** Provide additional factories. Searches the system in a custom way
     * to find and instantiate additional (to those registered via
     * {@code META-INF/services/javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory} way)
     * factories.
     *
     * @param m the manager to associate the factories with
     * @return list of additional factories
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public default List factories(ScriptEngineManager m) {
        return factories();
    }
}