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package org.springframework.social;
/**
* Top-level marker interface defining a ServiceProvider.
* A ServiceProvider provides access to a API that the application can invoke on behalf of a provider user.
* For example, the FacebookServiceProvider could expose a FacebookApi that the application can invoke on behalf of Facebook user "Keith Donald".
* Defines a single parameterized type A representing a strongly-typed Java binding to the provider's API that can be obtained and invoked by the application.
* Does not define any operations since the provider authorization flow needed to construct an authorized API binding is protocol specific, for example, OAuth1 or OAuth2.
* @author Keith Donald
* @param <A> the service provider's API type
*/
public interface ServiceProvider<A> {
}