/**
* Copyright 2011-2015 John Ericksen
*
* 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 org.androidtransfuse.scope;
import javax.inject.Provider;
/**
* Defines a scope in which to lookup instances by type. When looking up instances, a provider for the given type
* must be also provided in case the instance does not exist.
*
* @author John Ericksen
*/
public interface Scope {
String GET_SCOPED_OBJECT = "getScopedObject";
/**
* Lookup of the given instance by type.
* @param key scoping key
* @param provider required to build the instance if applicable
* @param <T> relating type
* @return scoped instance
*/
<T> T getScopedObject(ScopeKey<T> key, Provider<T> provider);
}