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package com.google.inject.spi;

import com.google.inject.Injector;
import com.google.inject.Key;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Set;

/**
 * A private collection of elements that are hidden from the enclosing injector or module by
 * default. See {@link com.google.inject.PrivateModule PrivateModule} for details.
 *
 * @author [email protected] (Jesse Wilson)
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface PrivateElements extends Element {

  /** Returns the configuration information in this private environment. */
  List getElements();

  /**
   * Returns the child injector that hosts these private elements, or null if the elements haven't
   * been used to create an injector.
   */
  Injector getInjector();

  /** Returns the unique exposed keys for these private elements. */
  Set> getExposedKeys();

  /**
   * Returns an arbitrary object containing information about the "place" where this key was
   * exposed. Used by Guice in the production of descriptive error messages.
   *
   * 

Tools might specially handle types they know about; {@code StackTraceElement} is a good * example. Tools should simply call {@code toString()} on the source object if the type is * unfamiliar. * * @param key one of the keys exposed by this module. */ Object getExposedSource(Key key); }





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