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* Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
*
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*
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package com.google.inject.spi;
import com.google.inject.Binding;
import com.google.inject.Provider;
import java.util.Set;
/**
* A binding to a provider instance. The provider's {@code get} method is invoked to resolve
* injections.
*
* @author jessewilson@google.com (Jesse Wilson)
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface ProviderInstanceBinding<T> extends Binding<T>, HasDependencies {
/**
* If the user supplied a JSR330 binding, then this will wrap that one. To always return the
* user-supplied provider, use {@link #getUserSuppliedProvider}.
*
* @deprecated Use {@link #getUserSuppliedProvider} instead.
*/
@Deprecated
Provider<? extends T> getProviderInstance();
/**
* Returns the user-supplied, unscoped provider.
*
* @since 4.0
*/
javax.inject.Provider<? extends T> getUserSuppliedProvider();
/**
* Returns the field and method injection points of the provider, injected at injector-creation
* time only.
*
* @return a possibly empty set
*/
Set<InjectionPoint> getInjectionPoints();
}