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Service Provider Interface (SPI) to plug in implementations for
JSON processing objects.
 JsonProvider is an abstract class that provides a service for creating JSON processing instances. A service provider for JsonProvider provides an specific implementation by subclassing and implementing the methods in JsonProvider. This enables using custom, efficient JSON processing implementations (for e.g. parser and generator) other than the default ones. 
The API locates and loads providers using ServiceLoader. 
Since:
JSON Processing 1.0/**
 * Service Provider Interface (SPI) to plug in implementations for
 * JSON processing objects.
 *
 * <p> {@link javax.json.spi.JsonProvider JsonProvider} is an abstract class 
 * that provides a service for creating JSON processing instances.
 * A <i>service provider</i> for {@code JsonProvider} provides an 
 * specific implementation by subclassing and implementing the methods in
 * {@code JsonProvider}. This enables using custom, efficient JSON processing
 * implementations (for e.g. parser and generator) other than the default ones.
 *
 * <p>The API locates and loads providers using {@link java.util.ServiceLoader}.
 *
 * @since JSON Processing 1.0
 */
package javax.json.spi;