/* * Copyright (C) 2006 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; /** * The stage we're running in. * * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee) */ public enum Stage { /** * We're running in a tool (an IDE plugin for example). We need binding meta data but not a * functioning Injector. Do not inject members of instances. Do not load eager singletons. Do as * little as possible so our tools run nice and snappy. Injectors created in this stage cannot be * used to satisfy injections. */ TOOL, /** * We want fast startup times at the expense of runtime performance and some up front error * checking. */ DEVELOPMENT, /** We want to catch errors as early as possible and take performance hits up front. */ PRODUCTION }