Add @RegisterForProxy annotation

core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/steps/RegisterForProxyBuildStep.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package io.quarkus.deployment.steps;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+import org.jboss.jandex.DotName;
+
+import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildProducer;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.BuildStep;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.CombinedIndexBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.deployment.builditem.nativeimage.NativeImageProxyDefinitionBuildItem;
+import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForProxy;
+
+public class RegisterForProxyBuildStep {
+
+    @BuildStep
+    public void build(CombinedIndexBuildItem combinedIndexBuildItem,
+            BuildProducer<NativeImageProxyDefinitionBuildItem> proxy) {
+        for (var annotationInstance : combinedIndexBuildItem.getIndex()
+                .getAnnotations(DotName.createSimple(RegisterForProxy.class.getName()))) {
+            var targetsValue = annotationInstance.value("targets");
+            var types = new ArrayList<String>();
+            if (targetsValue == null) {
+                var classInfo = annotationInstance.target().asClass();
+                types.add(classInfo.name().toString());
+                classInfo.interfaceNames().forEach(dotName -> types.add(dotName.toString()));
+            } else {
+                for (var type : targetsValue.asClassArray()) {
+                    types.add(type.name().toString());
+                }
+            }
+            proxy.produce(new NativeImageProxyDefinitionBuildItem(types));
+        }
+    }
+}

core/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/runtime/annotations/RegisterForProxy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package io.quarkus.runtime.annotations;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Repeatable;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation that can be used to force an interface (including its super interfaces) to be registered for dynamic proxy
+ * generation in native image mode.
+ */
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+@Repeatable(RegisterForProxy.List.class)
+public @interface RegisterForProxy {
+
+    /**
+     * Alternative interfaces that should actually be registered for dynamic proxy generation instead of the current interface.
+     * This allows for interfaces in 3rd party libraries to be registered without modification or writing an
+     * extension. If this is set then the interface it is placed on is not registered for dynamic proxy generation, so this
+     * should generally just be placed on an empty interface that is not otherwise used.
+     */
+    Class<?>[] targets() default {};
+
+    /**
+     * The repeatable holder for {@link RegisterForProxy}.
+     */
+    @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+    @Target(ElementType.TYPE)
+    @interface List {
+        /**
+         * The {@link RegisterForProxy} instances.
+         *
+         * @return the instances
+         */
+        RegisterForProxy[] value();
+    }
+}

docs/src/main/asciidoc/writing-native-applications-tips.adoc

@@ -234,6 +234,33 @@ The final order of business is to make the configuration file known to the `nati
 To do that, place the configuration file under the `src/main/resources/META-INF/native-image/<group-id>/<artifact-id>` folder.
 This way they will be automatically parsed by the native build, without additional configuration.
 
+=== Registering for proxy
+
+Analogous to `@RegisterForReflection`, you can use `@RegisterForProxy` to register interfaces for dynamic proxy:
+
+[source,java]
+----
+@RegisterForProxy
+public interface MyInterface extends MySecondInterface {
+}
+----
+
+Note that `MyInterface` and all its super interfaces will be registered.
+
+Also, in case the interface is in a third-party jar, you can do it by using an empty class that will host the `@RegisterForProxy` for it.
+
+[source,java]
+----
+@RegisterForProxy(targets={MyInterface.class, MySecondInterface.class})
+public class MyReflectionConfiguration {
+}
+----
+
+[WARNING]
+====
+Note that the order of the specified proxy interfaces is significant. For more information, see link:https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/17/docs/api/java.base/java/lang/reflect/Proxy.html[Proxy javadoc].
+====
+
 [[delay-class-init-in-your-app]]
 === Delaying class initialization