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/**

 * Service-provider classes for the <tt>{@link java.nio.file}</tt> package.

 *

 * <p> Only developers who are defining new file system providers or file type

 * detectors should need to make direct use of this package.  </p>

 *

 * <p> Unless otherwise noted, passing a <tt>null</tt> argument to a constructor

 * or method in any class or interface in this package will cause a {@link

 * java.lang.NullPointerException NullPointerException} to be thrown.

 *

 * @since 1.7

 */

package java.nio.file.spi;