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16 
17 package com.google.inject.throwingproviders;
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 com.google.inject.Module} to create a {@link CheckedProvider}
28  * method binding that can throw exceptions. The method's return type is bound to a {@link
29  * CheckedProvider} that can be injected. Guice will pass dependencies to the method as parameters.
30  * Install {@literal @}CheckedProvides methods by using {@link
31  * ThrowingProviderBinder#forModule(com.google.inject.Module)} on the module where the methods are
32  * declared.
33  *
34  * @author sameb@google.com (Sam Berlin)
35  * @since 3.0
36  */
37 @Documented
38 @Target(METHOD)
39 @Retention(RUNTIME)
40 public @interface CheckedProvides {
41 
42   /** The interface that provides this value, a subinterface of {@link CheckedProvider}. */
value()43   Class<? extends CheckedProvider> value();
44 
45   /**
46    * Whether exceptions should be put into the Guice scope. Default behavior is that exceptions are
47    * scoped.
48    *
49    * @since 4.0
50    */
scopeExceptions()51   boolean scopeExceptions() default true;
52 }
53