/*
* Copyright (C) 2007 Google Inc.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
* You may obtain a copy of the License at
*
* http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
* Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
* distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
* WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
* See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
* limitations under the License.
*/
package com.bm.ejb3guice.util;
import com.bm.ejb3guice.inject.Provider;
/**
* Static utility methods for creating and working with instances of
* {@link Provider}.
*
* @author Kevin Bourrillion (kevinb9n@gmail.com)
*/
public final class Providers {
private Providers() {}
/**
* Returns a provider which always provides {@code instance}. This should not
* be necessary to use in your application, but is helpful for several types
* of unit tests.
*
* @param instance the instance that should always be provided. This is also
* permitted to be null, to enable aggressive testing, although in real
* life a Guice-supplied Provider will never return null.
*/
public static <T> Provider<T> of(final T instance) {
return new Provider<T>() {
public T get() {
return instance;
}
};
}
}
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