ElementSource

java.lang.Object
- com.google.inject.spi.ElementSource

```
public final class ElementSource
extends java.lang.Object
```
Contains information about where and how an element was bound.
The declaring source refers to a location in source code that defines the Guice element. For example, if the element is created from a method annotated by @Provides, the declaring source of element would be the method itself.
The sequence of class names of modules involved in the element creation can be retrieved by getModuleClassNames(). The order of the module class names is reverse chronological. The first module (index 0) is the module that installs the element. The last module is the root module.
In order to support the cases where a Guice element is created from another Guice element (original) (e.g., by Element.applyTo(com.google.inject.Binder)), it also provides a reference to the original element source (getOriginalElementSource()).

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.Object`	`getDeclaringSource()`	Returns a single location in source code that defines the element.
`java.util.List<java.lang.String>`	`getModuleClassNames()`	Returns the class names of modules involved in creating this `Element`.
`ElementSource`	`getOriginalElementSource()`	Returns the `ElementSource` of the element this was created or copied from.
`java.lang.String`	`toString()`	Returns `getDeclaringSource().toString()` value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

- Method Detail
  - getOriginalElementSource
```
public ElementSource getOriginalElementSource()
```
    Returns the ElementSource of the element this was created or copied from. If this was not created or copied from another element, returns null.
  - getDeclaringSource
```
public java.lang.Object getDeclaringSource()
```
    Returns a single location in source code that defines the element. It can be any object such as Constructor, Method, Field, StackTraceElement, etc. For example, if the element is created from a method annotated by @Provides, the declaring source of element would be the method itself.
  - getModuleClassNames
```
public java.util.List<java.lang.String> getModuleClassNames()
```
    Returns the class names of modules involved in creating this Element. The first element (index 0) is the class name of module that defined the element, and the last element is the class name of root module.
  - toString
```
public java.lang.String toString()
```
    Returns getDeclaringSource().toString() value.
    
    Overrides:
    
    toString in class java.lang.Object