| /** |
| * 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; |
| |
| /** |
| * A scope which bound objects can reside in. |
| * |
| * <p>Scope implementations should override {@code toString()} in the returned |
| * factory and include the creator's {@code toString()} output. Doing so aids |
| * debugging. They should also override their own {@code toString()} |
| * method. |
| * |
| * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee) |
| */ |
| public interface Scope { |
| |
| /** |
| * Scopes a factory. The returned factory returns objects from this scope. If |
| * an object does not exist in this scope, the factory can use the given |
| * creator to create one. |
| * |
| * @param key binding key |
| * @param creator creates new instances as needed |
| * @return a new factory which only delegates to the given factory when an |
| * instance of the requested object doesn't already exist in the scope |
| */ |
| public <T> Factory<T> scope(Key<T> key, Factory<T> creator); |
| } |