extensions/throwingproviders/src/com/google/inject/throwingproviders/ThrowingInject.java

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2012 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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package com.google.inject.throwingproviders;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import com.google.inject.Inject;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * A version of {@literal @}{@link Inject} designed for ThrowingProviders. Use by:
 *
 * <pre><code>ThrowingProviderBinder.create(binder())
 *    .bind(RemoteProvider.class, Customer.class)
 *    .providing(CustomerImpl.class);
 * </code></pre>
 *
 * where CustomerImpl has a constructor annotated with ThrowingInject.
 *
 * @author sameb@google.com (Sam Berlin)
 * @since 4.0
 */
@Target({CONSTRUCTOR})
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface ThrowingInject {}