src/com/google/inject/spi/oldversion/ProviderBinding.java

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package com.google.inject.spi.oldversion;

import com.google.inject.Provider;

/**
 * A synthetic binding to {@code Provider<T>} which exists for any binding to
 * {@code T}.
 *
 * @deprecated replaced with {@link 
 * com.google.inject.spi.BindingTargetVisitor#visitProviderBinding(com.google.inject.Key)}
 *
 * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
 */
@Deprecated
public interface ProviderBinding<T> extends OldVersionBinding<Provider<T>> {

  /**
   * Gets the binding from which the provider comes.
   */
  OldVersionBinding<T> getTargetBinding();
}