01: /**
02: * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: */package com.google.inject.binder;
16:
17: import com.google.inject.Key;
18: import com.google.inject.Provider;
19: import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
20:
21: /**
22: * Links a binding to another binding or an instance.
23: *
24: * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
25: */
26: public interface LinkedBindingBuilder<T> extends ScopedBindingBuilder {
27:
28: /**
29: * Binds to another binding with the specified type.
30: */
31: ScopedBindingBuilder to(Class<? extends T> implementation);
32:
33: /**
34: * Binds to another binding with the specified type.
35: */
36: ScopedBindingBuilder to(TypeLiteral<? extends T> implementation);
37:
38: /**
39: * Binds to another binding with the specified key.
40: */
41: ScopedBindingBuilder to(Key<? extends T> targetKey);
42:
43: /**
44: * Binds to the given instance. The Injector will automatically inject the
45: * members of this instance when it is first created. See {@link
46: * com.google.inject.Injector#injectMembers(Object)}.
47: */
48: void toInstance(T instance);
49:
50: /**
51: * Binds to instances generated by the given Provider. The Injector will
52: * automatically inject the members of this provider instance when it is first
53: * created. See {@link com.google.inject.Injector#injectMembers(Object)}.
54: */
55: ScopedBindingBuilder toProvider(Provider<? extends T> provider);
56:
57: /**
58: * Binds to instances from the provider bound to the given provider type.
59: */
60: ScopedBindingBuilder toProvider(
61: Class<? extends Provider<? extends T>> providerType);
62:
63: /**
64: * Binds to instances from the provider bound to the given key.
65: */
66: ScopedBindingBuilder toProvider(
67: Key<? extends Provider<? extends T>> providerKey);
68: }
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