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package dagger;

import static java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME;

import dagger.internal.Beta;
import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
import javax.inject.Scope;

/**
 * A scope that indicates that the object returned by a binding may be (but might not be) reused.
 *
 * <p>{@code @Reusable} is useful when you want to limit the number of provisions of a type, but
 * there is no specific lifetime over which there must be only one instance.
 *
 * @see <a href="https://dagger.dev/users-guide#reusable-scope">Reusable Scope</a>
 */
@Documented
@Beta
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Scope
public @interface Reusable {}