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    Service Locator is not an antipattern - Fowler himself references it in the URL you posted. While the Service Locator pattern can be abused (in the same way that Singletons are abused - to abstract away global state), it is a very useful pattern. Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 13:37
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    Interesting to know. I've always heard it referred to as an anti pattern. Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 13:45
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    It's only an antipattern if the service locator is used to store global state. The service locator should be a stateless object after instantiation, and preferably immutable. Commented Mar 11, 2013 at 13:57
  • XML is not type safe. I would consider it a plan z after every other approach has failed Commented Oct 18, 2015 at 16:41