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package com.google.inject;
/**
* Injects dependencies into the fields and methods on instances of type {@code T}. Ignores the
* presence or absence of an injectable constructor.
*
* @param type to inject members of
* @author [email protected] (Bob Lee)
* @author [email protected] (Jesse Wilson)
* @since 2.0
*/
public interface MembersInjector {
/**
* Injects dependencies into the fields and methods of {@code instance}. Ignores the presence or
* absence of an injectable constructor.
*
* Whenever Guice creates an instance, it performs this injection automatically (after first
* performing constructor injection), so if you're able to let Guice create all your objects for
* you, you'll never need to use this method.
*
* @param instance to inject members on. May be {@code null}.
*/
void injectMembers(T instance);
}