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16 
17 package com.google.inject.assistedinject;
18 
19 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
20 import com.google.inject.spi.Dependency;
21 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
22 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
23 import java.util.Set;
24 
25 /**
26  * Details about how a method in an assisted inject factory will be assisted.
27  *
28  * @since 3.0
29  * @author ramakrishna@google.com (Ramakrishna Rajanna)
30  */
31 public interface AssistedMethod {
32 
33   /** Returns the factory method that is being assisted. */
getFactoryMethod()34   Method getFactoryMethod();
35 
36   /** Returns the implementation type that will be created when the method is used. */
getImplementationType()37   TypeLiteral<?> getImplementationType();
38 
39   /** Returns the constructor that will be used to construct instances of the implementation. */
getImplementationConstructor()40   Constructor<?> getImplementationConstructor();
41 
42   /** Returns all non-assisted dependencies required to construct and inject the implementation. */
getDependencies()43   Set<Dependency<?>> getDependencies();
44 }
45