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010    
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017    package org.apache.commons.inject.api.bind;
018    
019    import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
020    import java.lang.reflect.Method;
021    
022    import org.apache.commons.inject.api.IProvider;
023    
024    import com.google.inject.Provider;
025    
026    /**
027     * A binding builder, which allows to specify a bindings target: A
028     * target is the value, that gets injected, if the binding is applied.
029     */
030    public interface ILinkedBindingBuilder<T> extends IScopedBindingBuilder<T> {
031            void toInstance(T pInstance);
032            IScopedBindingBuilder<T> to(Class<? extends T> pImplClass);
033            IScopedBindingBuilder<T> to(Constructor<? extends T> pConstructor);
034            IScopedBindingBuilder<T> to(Method pFactoryMethod);
035            <S extends T> IScopedBindingBuilder<T> to(Class<S> pType, Provider<S> pProvider);
036            IScopedBindingBuilder<T> to(IProvider<? extends T> pProvider);
037    }