Dynamic Proxies and Service Loading
Java can create dynamic proxies around interfaces, enabling cross-cutting behavior such as logging, metrics, authorization, or transaction interception. Service loading provides a standard plugin discovery mechanism.
ServiceLoader<MyPlugin> plugins =
ServiceLoader.load(MyPlugin.class);
for (MyPlugin plugin : plugins) {
plugin.start();
}
These mechanisms are useful for extensibility but introduce indirection that should be documented.
Key Takeaways
- Dynamic proxies are primarily interface-oriented.
- Service loading supports pluggable implementations.
- Runtime indirection should be documented.