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package com.google.inject.assistedinject;

import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
import com.google.inject.spi.Dependency;
import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * Details about how a method in an assisted inject factory will be assisted.
 *
 * @since 3.0
 * @author ramakrishna@google.com (Ramakrishna Rajanna)
 */
public interface AssistedMethod {

  /** Returns the factory method that is being assisted. */
  Method getFactoryMethod();

  /** Returns the implementation type that will be created when the method is used. */
  TypeLiteral<?> getImplementationType();

  /** Returns the constructor that will be used to construct instances of the implementation. */
  Constructor<?> getImplementationConstructor();

  /** Returns all non-assisted dependencies required to construct and inject the implementation. */
  Set<Dependency<?>> getDependencies();
}