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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2006 Google Inc.
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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package com.google.inject;

/**
 * A module contributes configuration information, typically interface
 * bindings, which will be used to create an {@link Injector}. A Guice-based
 * application is ultimately composed of little more than a set of
 * {@code Module}s and some bootstrapping code.
 *
 * <p>Your Module classes can use a more streamlined syntax by extending
 * {@link AbstractModule} rather than implementing this interface directly.
 *
 * <p>In addition to the bindings configured via {@link #configure}, bindings
 * will be created for all methods annotated with {@literal @}{@link Provides}.
 * Use scope and binding annotations on these methods to configure the
 * bindings.
 */
public interface Module {

  /**
   * Contributes bindings and other configurations for this module to {@code binder}.
   *
   * <p>Do not invoke this method directly to install submodules. Instead use
   * {@link Binder#install(Module)}, which ensures that {@link Provides provider methods} are
   * discovered.
   */
  void configure(Binder binder);
}