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+/*
+ * Copyright 2005-2010 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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 org.wamblee.inject;
+
+import java.util.ServiceLoader;
+
+
+/**
+ * This abstract base class performs injection at construction. Be sure not to
+ * initialize fields of derived classes to null as these will override the
+ * initializations of this base class.
+ *
+ * Use this by subclassing through {@link #Injectable()).
+ *
+ * To use this class, the {@link ServiceLoader} mechanism must be used to locate
+ * a {@link InjectorFactory}. The first implementation that is found will be
+ * used for injection.
+ *
+ * @author Erik Brakkee
+ */
+public abstract class Injectable {
+
+ private static final SimpleInjector INJECTOR = new SimpleInjector(
+ InjectorFactoryBuilder.getInjectorFactory());
+
+ /**
+ * Inheritance style constructor.
+ */
+ protected Injectable() {
+ INJECTOR.inject(this);
+ }
+}