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* Copyright (c) 2010-present Sonatype, Inc.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
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*
* Contributors:
* Stuart McCulloch (Sonatype, Inc.) - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.sisu.inject;
import com.google.inject.Binding;
import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
/**
* Subscriber of {@link Binding}s from one or more {@link BindingPublisher}s.
*/
public interface BindingSubscriber<T>
{
/**
* Returns the type of {@link Binding}s that are of interest.
*
* @return The literal type
*/
TypeLiteral<T> type();
/**
* Adds the given ranked {@link Binding} to this subscriber.
*
* @param binding The new binding
* @param rank The assigned rank
*/
void add( Binding<T> binding, int rank );
/**
* Removes the given {@link Binding} from this subscriber.
*
* @param binding The old binding
*/
void remove( Binding<T> binding );
/**
* Snapshot of currently subscribed {@link Binding}s.
*
* @return The subscribed {@link Binding}s
*/
Iterable<Binding<T>> bindings();
}