pom_snippet.xml

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.rackspacecloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>service-registry-client</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
  <groupId>com.rackspacecloud</groupId>
  <artifactId>service-registry-curator</artifactId>
  <version>2.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
</dependency>

rsr_discovery_build.java

ServiceDiscovery<ExampleService> discovery = RSRServiceDiscoveryBuilder
    .builder(Class.forName("your classname goes here")
    .withUser("RAX_USER")
    .withApiKey("RAX_KEY")
    .withApiUrl("https://dfw.registry.api.rackspacecloud.com/v1.0")
    .build();
discovery.start();

service_class_0.java

import com.rackspacecloud.client.service_registry.curator.Meta;
import com.rackspacecloud.client.service_registry.objects.Service;

// this one will work with either Curator or Rackspace registries.
@JsonRootName("service")
public class SampleService {
    
    // you can have any fields you want. These ones just happen to mimic the fields on a typical curator service.
    @Meta private String payload;
    @Meta private int port = 0;
    @Meta private int sslPort = 0;
    @Meta private String name = "";
    @Meta private String id;
    
    // todo: constructor, getters, setters, etc.
    
    // part of an implicit interface
    public static ServiceInstance<SampleService> convert(SampleService svc) throws Exception {
        return ServiceInstance.<SampleService>builder()
                .name(svc.getName())
                .payload(svc)
                .port(svc.getPort())
                .id(svc.getId())
                .sslPort(svc.getPort())
                .build();
    }
    
    // also part of an implicit interface.
    public static ServiceInstance<SampleService> convert(Service svc)  throws Exception {
        SampleService exampleService = new SampleService(svc.getMetadata().get("id"),
                svc.getMetadata().get("name"),
                svc.getMetadata().get("payload"),
                Integer.parseInt(svc.getMetadata().get("port")),
                Integer.parseInt(svc.getMetadata().get("sslPort")));
        return convert(exampleService);
    }
}