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* Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
*
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package com.google.inject;
/**
* A module contributes configuration information, typically interface bindings, which will be used
* to create an {@link Injector}. A Guice-based application is ultimately composed of little more
* than a set of {@code Module}s and some bootstrapping code.
*
* <p>Your Module classes can use a more streamlined syntax by extending {@link AbstractModule}
* rather than implementing this interface directly.
*
* <p>In addition to the bindings configured via {@link #configure}, bindings will be created for
* all methods annotated with {@literal @}{@link Provides}. Use scope and binding annotations on
* these methods to configure the bindings.
*/
public interface Module {
/**
* Contributes bindings and other configurations for this module to {@code binder}.
*
* <p><strong>Do not invoke this method directly</strong> to install submodules. Instead use
* {@link Binder#install(Module)}, which ensures that {@link Provides provider methods} are
* discovered.
*/
void configure(Binder binder);
}