src/com/google/inject/Reflection.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2008 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
 *
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package com.google.inject;

import com.google.inject.internal.Errors;
import com.google.inject.internal.ErrorsException;

/**
 * Abstraction for Java's reflection APIs. This interface exists to provide a
 * single place where runtime reflection can be substituted for another
 * mechanism such as CGLib or compile-time code generation.
 *
 * @author jessewilson@google.com (Jesse Wilson)
 */
interface Reflection {

  public <T> ConstructionProxy<T> getConstructionProxy(Errors errors, Class<T> implementation)
      throws ErrorsException;

  interface Factory {
    Reflection create(ConstructionProxyFactory constructionProxyFactory);
  }
}