1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2014 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 11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14 * limitations under the License. 15 */ 16 package dagger.internal; 17 18 import javax.inject.Inject; 19 import javax.inject.Provider; 20 import javax.inject.Scope; 21 22 /** 23 * An {@linkplain Scope unscoped} {@link Provider}. While a {@link Provider} <i>may<i> apply 24 * scoping semantics while providing an instance, a factory implementation is guaranteed to exercise 25 * the binding logic ({@link Inject} constructors, {@link Provides} methods) upon each call to 26 * {@link #get}. 27 * 28 * <p>Note that while subsequent calls to {@link #get} will create new instances for bindings such 29 * as those created by {@link Inject} constructors, a new instance is not guaranteed by all 30 * bindings. For example, {@link Provides} methods may be implemented in ways that return the same 31 * instance for each call. 32 * 33 * @author Gregory Kick 34 * @since 2.0 35 */ 36 public interface Factory<T> extends Provider<T> { 37 } 38
