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.