1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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15  */
16 
17 package com.google.inject;
18 
19 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
20 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
21 
22 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
23 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
24 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
25 
26 /**
27  * Annotates methods of a {@link Module} to create a provider method binding. The method's return
28  * type is bound to its returned value. Guice will pass dependencies to the method as parameters.
29  *
30  * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
31  * @since 2.0
32  */
33 @Documented
34 @Target(METHOD)
35 @Retention(RUNTIME)
36 public @interface Provides {}
37