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package com.google.inject.testing.fieldbinder;
import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;
/**
* Annotation used by {@link BoundFieldModule} to indicate that a field should be bound to its value
* using Guice.
*
* <p>Binding to {@code null} is only allowed for fields that are annotated {@code @Nullable}. See
* <a
* href="https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/UseNullable">https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/UseNullable</a>
*
* @see BoundFieldModule
* @author eatnumber1@google.com (Russ Harmon)
*/
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({FIELD})
public @interface Bind {
/**
* If specified, {@link BoundFieldModule} will bind the annotated field's value to this type,
* rather than to the field's actual type.
*/
Class<?> to() default Bind.class;
/**
* If true, {@link BoundFieldModule} will delay reading the field until injection time rather than
* eagerly reading it at configure time.
*
* <p>When used with Provider valued fields, the provider will be read from the field and {@code
* .get()} will be called for each provision. This may be useful for testing provision failures.
*/
boolean lazy() default false;
}