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1 /*
2  * Copyright (C) 2009 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;
18 
19 /**
20  * Injects dependencies into the fields and methods on instances of type {@code T}. Ignores the
21  * presence or absence of an injectable constructor.
22  *
23  * @param <T> type to inject members of
24  *
25  * @author crazybob@google.com (Bob Lee)
26  * @author jessewilson@google.com (Jesse Wilson)
27  * @since 2.0
28  */
29 public interface MembersInjector<T> {
30 
31   /**
32    * Injects dependencies into the fields and methods of {@code instance}. Ignores the presence or
33    * absence of an injectable constructor.
34    *
35    * <p>Whenever Guice creates an instance, it performs this injection automatically (after first
36    * performing constructor injection), so if you're able to let Guice create all your objects for
37    * you, you'll never need to use this method.
38    *
39    * @param instance to inject members on. May be {@code null}.
40    */
injectMembers(T instance)41   void injectMembers(T instance);
42 }
43