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
17package com.google.inject;
18
19import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.METHOD;
20import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;
21
22import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
23import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
24import 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 @Target(METHOD) @Retention(RUNTIME)
34public @interface Provides {}
35