sabirvirtuoso/Kraken

//
//  Kraken
//
//  Copyright (c) 2016 Syed Sabir Salman-Al-Musawi <sabirvirtuoso@gmail.com>
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import Foundation


// MARK:- DependencyScope defines a strategy used by `Kraken` to manage resolved instances life cycle.


public enum DependencyScope {

    /**
     Resolved instance will be retained by the container and always reused.
     */
    case singleton

    /**
     The same scope as `Singleton`, but instance will be created when container is bootstrapped.
     */
    case eagerSingleton

    /**
     A new instance will be created every time it's resolved.
     This is a default strategy. Use this strategy when you don't want instances to be shared
     between different consumers (i.e. if it is not thread safe).
     */
    case prototype

}