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Class Modules</H2>
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<DT><PRE>public final class <B>Modules</B><DT>extends <A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Object</A></DL>
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Static utility methods for creating and working with instances of <A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/Module.html" title="interface in com.google.inject"><CODE>Module</CODE></A>.
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the EDSL example at <A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/util/Modules.html#override(com.google.inject.Module...)"><CODE>override()</CODE></A>.</TD>
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<CODE>static&nbsp;<A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/Module.html" title="interface in com.google.inject">Module</A></CODE></FONT></TD>
<TD><CODE><B><A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/util/Modules.html#combine(java.lang.Iterable)">combine</A></B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A>&lt;? extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/Module.html" title="interface in com.google.inject">Module</A>&gt;&nbsp;modules)</CODE>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a new module that installs all of <code>modules</code>.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a new module that installs all of <code>modules</code>.</TD>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Returns a builder that creates a module that overlays override modules over the given
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public static <A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/util/Modules.OverriddenModuleBuilder.html" title="interface in com.google.inject.util">Modules.OverriddenModuleBuilder</A> <B>override</B>(<A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/Module.html" title="interface in com.google.inject">Module</A>...&nbsp;modules)</PRE>
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<DD>Returns a builder that creates a module that overlays override modules over the given
modules. If a key is bound in both sets of modules, only the binding from the override modules
is kept. This can be used to replace the bindings of a production module with test bindings:
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Module functionalTestModule
= Modules.override(new ProductionModule()).with(new TestModule());
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public static <A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/util/Modules.OverriddenModuleBuilder.html" title="interface in com.google.inject.util">Modules.OverriddenModuleBuilder</A> <B>override</B>(<A HREF="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/lang/Iterable.html?is-external=true" title="class or interface in java.lang">Iterable</A>&lt;? extends <A HREF="../../../../com/google/inject/Module.html" title="interface in com.google.inject">Module</A>&gt;&nbsp;modules)</PRE>
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modules. If a key is bound in both sets of modules, only the binding from the override modules
is kept. This can be used to replace the bindings of a production module with test bindings:
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Module functionalTestModule
= Modules.override(getProductionModules()).with(getTestModules());
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<p>Prefer to write smaller modules that can be reused and tested without overrides.
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