| /** |
| * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc. |
| * |
| * Licensed 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 com.google.inject.spi; |
| |
| /** |
| * Provides source objects to the {@link com.google.inject.ContainerBuilder}. |
| * A source object is any object which points back to the current location |
| * within the configuration. Guice uses source objects in error messages |
| * and associates them with bindings. |
| * |
| * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee) |
| */ |
| public interface SourceProvider { |
| |
| /** |
| * Creates an object pointing to the current location within the |
| * configuration. If we run into a problem later, we'll be able to trace it |
| * back to the original source. Useful for debugging. |
| */ |
| Object source(); |
| } |