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package com.google.inject.spi;
import com.google.inject.Key;
import com.google.inject.Provides;
import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
import java.lang.reflect.Method;
/**
* An {@literal @}{@link Provides} binding or binding produced by a {@link
* ModuleAnnotatedMethodScanner}.
*
* @since 4.0
* @author [email protected] (Sam Berlin)
*/
public interface ProvidesMethodBinding extends HasDependencies {
/** Returns the method this binding uses. */
Method getMethod();
/** Returns the instance of the object the method is defined in. */
Object getEnclosingInstance();
/** Returns the key of the binding. */
Key getKey();
/**
* Returns the annotation that caused this binding to be created. For {@code @Provides} methods,
* this is an instance of the {@code @Provides} annotation. For bindings from {@link
* ModuleAnnotatedMethodScanner}, this is the annotation that caused the scanner to produce the
* binding.
*/
Annotation getAnnotation();
}