Index: oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/StaticStatisticsProviderService.java
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--- oak-core/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/query/stats/StaticStatisticsProviderService.java	(nonexistent)
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.query.stats;
+
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.stats.StatisticsProvider;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+import org.osgi.service.component.annotations.*;
+
+/**
+ * Static provider for {@link StatisticsProvider}.
+ *
+ * Note: this static provider should only be used to fetch a {@link StatisticsProvider} when it's not possible to obtain
+ * it via usual OSGi {@link Reference}.
+ */
+@Component(immediate = true)
+public class StaticStatisticsProviderService {
+
+    @Reference(policy = ReferencePolicy.STATIC, policyOption = ReferencePolicyOption.GREEDY)
+    private StatisticsProvider statisticsProvider;
+
+    private static StatisticsProvider staticStatisticsProvider;
+
+    protected void activate() {
+        staticStatisticsProvider = statisticsProvider;
+    }
+
+    @Nullable
+    public static StatisticsProvider getStatisticsProvider() {
+        return staticStatisticsProvider;
+    }
+
+}