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 * 
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 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 * 
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package org.wamblee.inject;



/**
 * 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.
 * 
 * This class uses {@link InjectorFactoryBuilder} to obtain an implementation of 
 * a {@link InjectorFactory} to use. 
 * 
 * @author Erik Brakkee
 */
public abstract class Injectable {

    private final SimpleInjector injector = 
        InjectorFactoryBuilder.getInjector();

    /**
     * Inheritance style constructor.
     */
    protected Injectable() {
        inject();
    }


    /**
     * Inject references. This can be useful when injection is to be done again after construction
     * to obtain new references or after zeroing out of the references. 
     */
    public void inject() {
        injector.inject(this);
    }    
   
    
    /**
     * Gets the default injector.
     * @return Injector. 
     */
    public SimpleInjector getInjector() {
        return injector;
    }
}