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Java example source code file (Bind.java)

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The Bind.java Java example source code

/*
 * Copyright (C) 2014 Google Inc.
 *
 * 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
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package com.google.inject.testing.fieldbinder;

import static java.lang.annotation.ElementType.FIELD;
import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import java.lang.annotation.Target;

/**
 * Annotation used by {@link BoundFieldModule} to indicate that a field should be bound to its
 * value using Guice.
 *
 * <p>Binding to {@code null} is only allowed for fields that are annotated {@code @Nullable}. See
 * <a href="https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/UseNullable">https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/UseNullable
 *
 * @see BoundFieldModule
 * @author eatnumber1@google.com (Russ Harmon)
 */
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({FIELD})
public @interface Bind {
  /**
   * If specified, {@link BoundFieldModule} will bind the annotated field's value to this type,
   * rather than to the field's actual type.
   */
  Class<?> to() default Bind.class;

  /**
   * If true, {@link BoundFieldModule} will delay reading the field until injection time
   * rather than eagerly reading it at configure time.
   *
   * <p>When used with Provider valued fields, the provider will be read from the field and
   * {@code .get()} will be called for each provision.  This may be useful for testing provision
   * failures.
   */
  boolean lazy() default false;
}

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