1*f585d8a3SJacky Wang /* 2*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * Copyright (C) 2014 The Dagger Authors. 3*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * 4*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 5*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 6*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * You may obtain a copy of the License at 7*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * 8*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 9*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * 10*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 11*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 12*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 13*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 14*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * limitations under the License. 15*f585d8a3SJacky Wang */ 16*f585d8a3SJacky Wang 17*f585d8a3SJacky Wang package dagger.internal; 18*f585d8a3SJacky Wang 19*f585d8a3SJacky Wang import dagger.Provides; 20*f585d8a3SJacky Wang import javax.inject.Inject; 21*f585d8a3SJacky Wang import javax.inject.Scope; 22*f585d8a3SJacky Wang 23*f585d8a3SJacky Wang /** 24*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * An {@linkplain Scope unscoped} {@link Provider}. While a {@link Provider} <i>may</i> apply 25*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * scoping semantics while providing an instance, a factory implementation is guaranteed to exercise 26*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * the binding logic ({@link Inject} constructors, {@link Provides} methods) upon each call to 27*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * {@link #get}. 28*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * 29*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * <p>Note that while subsequent calls to {@link #get} will create new instances for bindings such 30*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * as those created by {@link Inject} constructors, a new instance is not guaranteed by all 31*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * bindings. For example, {@link Provides} methods may be implemented in ways that return the same 32*f585d8a3SJacky Wang * instance for each call. 33*f585d8a3SJacky Wang */ 34*f585d8a3SJacky Wang public interface Factory<T> extends Provider<T> { 35*f585d8a3SJacky Wang } 36