1 /* 2 * Copyright (C) 2014 The Dagger Authors. 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 dagger.internal; 18 19 import dagger.Provides; 20 import javax.inject.Inject; 21 import javax.inject.Scope; 22 23 /** 24 * An {@linkplain Scope unscoped} {@link Provider}. While a {@link Provider} <i>may</i> apply 25 * scoping semantics while providing an instance, a factory implementation is guaranteed to exercise 26 * the binding logic ({@link Inject} constructors, {@link Provides} methods) upon each call to 27 * {@link #get}. 28 * 29 * <p>Note that while subsequent calls to {@link #get} will create new instances for bindings such 30 * as those created by {@link Inject} constructors, a new instance is not guaranteed by all 31 * bindings. For example, {@link Provides} methods may be implemented in ways that return the same 32 * instance for each call. 33 */ 34 public interface Factory<T> extends Provider<T> { 35 } 36