| /** |
| * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc. |
| * |
| * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); |
| * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. |
| * You may obtain a copy of the License at |
| * |
| * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 |
| * |
| * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software |
| * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, |
| * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. |
| * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and |
| * limitations under the License. |
| */ |
| |
| package com.google.inject.spi; |
| |
| import com.google.inject.Binding; |
| import com.google.inject.Key; |
| |
| /** |
| * A binding to a provider key. To resolve injections, the provider key is first resolved, then that |
| * provider's {@code get} method is invoked. |
| * |
| * @author jessewilson@google.com (Jesse Wilson) |
| * @since 2.0 |
| */ |
| public interface ProviderKeyBinding<T> extends Binding<T> { |
| |
| /** |
| * Returns the key used to resolve the provider's binding. That binding can be retrieved from an |
| * injector using {@link com.google.inject.Injector#getBinding(Key) |
| * Injector.getBinding(providerKey)} |
| */ |
| Key<? extends javax.inject.Provider<? extends T>> getProviderKey(); |
| |
| } |