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+package xyz.driver.core
+package rest
+import scala.annotation.implicitNotFound
+
+@implicitNotFound(
+  "Don't know how to communicate with service ${S}. Make sure an implicit ServiceDescriptor is" +
+    "available. A good place to put one is in the service's companion object.")
+trait ServiceDescriptor[S] {
+
+  /** The service's name. Must be unique among all services. */
+  def name: String
+
+  /** Get an instance of the service. */
+  def connect(transport: HttpRestServiceTransport, url: String): S
+
+}