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package org.apache.beam.sdk.coders;

import com.google.auto.service.AutoService;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ServiceLoader;
import org.apache.beam.sdk.annotations.Experimental;

/**
 * {@link Coder} creators have the ability to automatically have their {@link Coder coders}
 * registered with this SDK by creating a {@link ServiceLoader} entry and a concrete implementation
 * of this interface.
 *
 * <p>It is optional but recommended to use one of the many build time tools such as {@link
 * AutoService} to generate the necessary META-INF files automatically.
 */
@Experimental
public interface CoderProviderRegistrar {
  /**
   * Returns a list of {@link CoderProvider coder providers} which will be registered by default
   * within each {@link CoderRegistry coder registry} instance.
   *
   * <p>See {@link CoderProviders} for convenience methods to construct a {@link CoderProvider}.
   */
  List<CoderProvider> getCoderProviders();
}
