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  package io.activej.inject.binding;
  
  /**
   * Bindings can be transient, eager, or none of the previous.
   * This enum represents that.
   */
  public enum BindingType {
  	/**
  	 * Such binding has no special properties and behaves like a lazy singleton, this is the default
  	 */
  	REGULAR,
  
  	/**
  	 * Such binding has no cache slot and each time <code>getInstance</code> is called, a new instance of the object is created
  	 */
  	TRANSIENT,
  
  	/**
  	 * Such binding behaves like eager singleton - instance is created and placed in the cache at the moment of injector creation
  	 */
  	EAGER,
  
  	/**
  	 * Such binding was implicitly provided by a {@link io.activej.inject.impl.Preprocessor}
  	 */
  	SYNTHETIC
  }
  