applicationprovided

Applicationprovided is a designation used in software configuration to indicate that a resource, configuration value, or capability is provided by the application itself rather than by the surrounding runtime environment or external services. This label is used in configuration schemas, deployment descriptors, and API designs to clarify ownership and responsibility for a given asset.

The term helps distinguish what the application must supply from what the environment provides. It is applicable in contexts such as architecture documentation, service contracts, and component interfaces where clear boundaries between application-provided and environment-provided resources are important.

Examples include the application’s own configuration settings, service endpoints, authentication strategies, logging configuration, and feature flags that are initialized or managed within the app. These assets are typically created, stored, or managed by the application code or its packaging, rather than being injected from external configuration sources at runtime.

Understanding applicationprovided aids in testing, maintenance, and security by delineating responsibility for resources. It can influence initialization order, dependency management, and portability, as application-provided resources may require versioning, internal storage, or secure handling within the application.

Related concepts include dependency injection, configuration management, resource provisioning, and the use of environment variables to externalize configuration when appropriate. The term serves as a shorthand for discussions about asset ownership in software systems.