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package com.google.inject.util;

import com.google.inject.Provider;

/**
 * Static utility methods for creating and working with instances of
 * {@link Provider}.
 *
 * @author Kevin Bourrillion (kevinb9n@gmail.com)
 * @since 2.0
 */
public final class Providers {

  private Providers() {}

  /**
   * Returns a provider which always provides {@code instance}.  This should not
   * be necessary to use in your application, but is helpful for several types
   * of unit tests.
   *
   * @param instance the instance that should always be provided.  This is also
   *     permitted to be null, to enable aggressive testing, although in real
   *     life a Guice-supplied Provider will never return null.
   */
  public static <T> Provider<T> of(final T instance) {
    return new Provider<T>() {
      public T get() {
        return instance;
      }

      @Override public String toString() {
        return "of(" + instance + ")";
      }
    };
  }
}