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Guice-like facade to the unfriendly HK2 service locator.

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/*
 * Copyright [2015] [Eric Poitras]
 *
 *     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 *     You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 *     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 *     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 *     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 *     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 *     limitations under the License.
 */

package org.dbrain.binder.app;

import java.util.function.Consumer;

/**
 * Defines methods to bind services into an application.
 */
public interface Binder {

    /**
     * Start binging a service from the specific implementation class.
     */
     ServiceConfigurator bind( Class implementationClass );

    /**
     * Start binging a service from the specific implementation instance.
     */
     ServiceConfigurator bind( T implementation );

    /**
     * Start binding a component (Collection of services).
     */
     T bindComponent( Class componentClass );

    /**
     * Context to register required bindings for a component.
     * Injectable within Component's constructor.
     */
    interface BindingContext {

        void onBind( Consumer c );

    }
}