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<pre class="methodSignature">public static&nbsp;<a href="Provider.html" title="class in jakarta.xml.ws.spi">Provider</a>&nbsp;provider()</pre>
<div class="block">Creates a new provider object.
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 The algorithm used to locate the provider subclass to use consists
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