'Return the service providers for the extension module.'

def service_providers(self):

    providers = []
    try:
        providers = cfg.CONF.service_providers.service_provider
    except cfg.NoSuchOptError:
        pass
    if (not providers):
        providers = self.ini().service_providers.service_provider
        if providers:
            versionutils.report_deprecated_feature(LOG, _LW('Implicit    loading    of    service    providers    from    neutron_*.conf    files    is    deprecated    and    will    be    removed    in    Ocata    release.'))
    return providers
