extensions/grapher/src/com/google/inject/grapher/NodeAliasFactory.java

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

/**
 * Factory for aliasing one node ID to another. Used when we don't want to
 * render {@link Key}s from {@link Binding}s that are not interesting.
 * 
 * @author phopkins@gmail.com (Pete Hopkins)
 */
public interface NodeAliasFactory<K> {
  /**
   * Makes edges that would point to {@code fromId} point to
   * {@code toId} instead.
   */
  void newAlias(K fromId, K toId);
}