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      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
     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 
     17 package com.google.inject.assistedinject;
     18 
     19 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
     20 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
     21 import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.PARAMETER;
     22 import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
     23 
     24 import com.google.inject.BindingAnnotation;
     25 
     26 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
     27 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
     28 
     29 /**
     30  * Annotates an injected parameter or field whose value comes from an argument to a factory method.
     31  *
     32  * @author jmourits (at) google.com (Jerome Mourits)
     33  * @author jessewilson (at) google.com (Jesse Wilson)
     34  */
     35 @BindingAnnotation @Target({ FIELD, PARAMETER, METHOD }) @Retention(RUNTIME)
     36 public @interface Assisted {
     37 
     38   /**
     39    * The unique name for this parameter. This is matched to the {@literal @Assisted} constructor
     40    * parameter with the same value. Names are not necessary when the parameter types are distinct.
     41    */
     42   String value() default "";
     43 }