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- properly categorize all patterns - remove pattern list from readme - minor fixes to readme - removed "introduction" because its not a pattern and an error i committed some time ago
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layout: pattern
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title: Service Locator
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folder: service-locator
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permalink: /patterns/service-locator/
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categories: Structural
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tags: Java
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**Intent:** Encapsulate the processes involved in obtaining a service with a
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strong abstraction layer.
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**Applicability:** The service locator pattern is applicable whenever we want
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to locate/fetch various services using JNDI which, typically, is a redundant
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and expensive lookup. The service Locator pattern addresses this expensive
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lookup by making use of caching techniques ie. for the very first time a
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particular service is requested, the service Locator looks up in JNDI, fetched
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the relevant service and then finally caches this service object. Now, further
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lookups of the same service via Service Locator is done in its cache which
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improves the performance of application to great extent.
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**Typical Use Case:**
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* when network hits are expensive and time consuming
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* lookups of services are done quite frequently
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* large number of services are being used
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