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1 /**
2  * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
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4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
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15  */
16
17 package com.google.inject.binder;
18
19 import com.google.inject.Key;
20 import com.google.inject.Provider;
21 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
22
23 /**
24  * Links a binding to another binding or an instance.
25  *
26  * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
27  */
28 public interface LinkedBindingBuilder<T> extends ScopedBindingBuilder {
29
30   /**
31    * Binds to another binding with the specified type.
32    */
33   ScopedBindingBuilder to(Class JavaDoc<? extends T> implementation);
34
35   /**
36    * Binds to another binding with the specified type.
37    */
38   ScopedBindingBuilder to(TypeLiteral<? extends T> implementation);
39
40   /**
41    * Binds to another binding with the specified key.
42    */
43   ScopedBindingBuilder to(Key<? extends T> targetKey);
44
45   /**
46    * Binds to the given instance. The Injector will automatically inject the
47    * members of this instance when it is first created. See {@link
48    * com.google.inject.Injector#injectMembers(Object)}.
49    */
50   void toInstance(T instance);
51
52   /**
53    * Binds to instances generated by the given Provider. The Injector will
54    * automatically inject the members of this provider instance when it is first
55    * created. See {@link com.google.inject.Injector#injectMembers(Object)}.
56    */
57   ScopedBindingBuilder toProvider(Provider<? extends T> provider);
58
59   /**
60    * Binds to instances from the provider bound to the given provider type.
61    */
62   ScopedBindingBuilder toProvider(
63       Class JavaDoc<? extends Provider<? extends T>> providerType);
64
65   /**
66    * Binds to instances from the provider bound to the given key.
67    */
68   ScopedBindingBuilder toProvider(
69       Key<? extends Provider<? extends T>> providerKey);
70 }
71
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