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/*
 * Copyright (C) 2009 The JSR-330 Expert Group
 *
 * 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 javax.inject;

/**
 * Provides instances of {@code T}. Typically implemented by an injector. For
 * any type {@code T} that can be injected, you can also inject
 * {@code Provider}. Compared to injecting {@code T} directly, injecting
 * {@code Provider} enables:
 *
 * 
 *   retrieving multiple instances.
 *   lazy or optional retrieval of an instance.
 *   breaking circular dependencies.
 *   abstracting scope so you can look up an instance in a smaller scope
 *      from an instance in a containing scope.
 * 
 *
 * For example:
 *
 * 
 *   class Car {
 *     @Inject Car(Provider<Seat> seatProvider) {
 *       Seat driver = seatProvider.get();
 *       Seat passenger = seatProvider.get();
 *       ...
 *     }
 *   }
 */
public interface Provider {

    /**
     * Provides a fully-constructed and injected instance of {@code T}.
     *
     * @throws RuntimeException if the injector encounters an error while
     *  providing an instance. For example, if an injectable member on
     *  {@code T} throws an exception, the injector may wrap the exception
     *  and throw it to the caller of {@code get()}. Callers should not try
     *  to handle such exceptions as the behavior may vary across injector
     *  implementations and even different configurations of the same injector.
     */
    T get();
}