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1 /**
2  * Copyright (C) 2008 Google Inc.
3  *
4  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7  *
8  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9  *
10  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12  * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14  * limitations under the License.
15  */
16 
17 package com.google.inject.spi;
18 
19 import com.google.inject.Binding;
20 import com.google.inject.Key;
21 
22 import java.util.Set;
23 
24 /**
25  * A binding created from converting a bound instance to a new type. The source binding has the same
26  * binding annotation but a different type.
27  *
28  * @author jessewilson@google.com (Jesse Wilson)
29  * @since 2.0
30  */
31 public interface ConvertedConstantBinding<T> extends Binding<T>, HasDependencies {
32 
33   /**
34    * Returns the converted value.
35    */
getValue()36   T getValue();
37 
38   /**
39    * Returns the type converter binding used to convert the constant.
40    *
41    * @since 3.0
42    */
getTypeConverterBinding()43   TypeConverterBinding getTypeConverterBinding();
44 
45   /**
46    * Returns the key for the source binding. That binding can be retrieved from an injector using
47    * {@link com.google.inject.Injector#getBinding(Key) Injector.getBinding(key)}.
48    */
getSourceKey()49   Key<String> getSourceKey();
50 
51   /**
52    * Returns a singleton set containing only the converted key.
53    */
getDependencies()54   Set<Dependency<?>> getDependencies();
55 }
56