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Artifact for breaking up dependencies between components or modules of a software system (dependency injection and inversion of control).

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package org.refcodes.decoupling;

/**
 * Provides an accessor for a dependency property.
 * 
 * @param  The generic type of the dependency.
 */
public interface DependencyAccessor {

	/**
	 * Retrieves the dependency from the dependency property.
	 * 
	 * @return The dependency stored by the dependency property.
	 */
	Dependency getDependency();

	/**
	 * Provides a mutator for a dependency property.
	 * 
	 * @param  The generic type of the dependency.
	 */
	public interface DependencyMutator {

		/**
		 * Sets the dependency for the dependency property.
		 * 
		 * @param aDependency The dependency to be stored by the dependency
		 *        property.
		 */
		void setDependency( Dependency aDependency );
	}

	/**
	 * Provides a builder method for a dependency property returning the builder
	 * for applying multiple build operations.
	 * 
	 * @param  The generic type of the dependency.
	 * 
	 * @param  The builder to return in order to be able to apply multiple
	 *        build operations.
	 */
	public interface DependencyBuilder> {

		/**
		 * Sets the dependency for the dependency property.
		 * 
		 * @param aDependency The dependency to be stored by the dependency
		 *        property.
		 * 
		 * @return The builder for applying multiple build operations.
		 */
		B withDependency( Dependency aDependency );
	}

	/**
	 * Provides a dependency property.
	 * 
	 * @param  The generic type of the dependency.
	 */
	public interface DependencyProperty extends DependencyAccessor, DependencyMutator {

		/**
		 * This method stores and passes through the given argument, which is
		 * very useful for builder APIs: Sets the given {@link Dependency}
		 * (setter) as of {@link #setDependency(Dependency)} and returns the
		 * very same value (getter).
		 * 
		 * @param aDependency The {@link Dependency} to set (via
		 *        {@link #setDependency(Dependency)}).
		 * 
		 * @return Returns the value passed for it to be used in conclusive
		 *         processing steps.
		 */
		default Dependency letDependency( Dependency aDependency ) {
			setDependency( aDependency );
			return aDependency;
		}
	}
}