<s>
Google	B-Application
Guice	I-Application
(	O
pronounced	O
like	O
"	O
juice	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
framework	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
platform	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Bob	O
Lee	O
and	O
Kevin	O
Bourrillion	O
at	O
Google	B-Application
and	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
support	O
for	O
dependency	B-Library
injection	I-Library
using	O
annotations	B-Language
to	O
configure	O
Java	B-Device
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dependency	B-Library
injection	I-Library
is	O
a	O
design	O
pattern	O
whose	O
core	O
principle	O
is	O
to	O
separate	O
behavior	O
from	O
dependency	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guice	B-Application
allows	O
implementation	O
classes	O
to	O
be	O
bound	O
programmatically	O
to	O
an	O
interface	B-Language
,	O
then	O
injected	O
into	O
constructors	O
,	O
methods	O
or	O
fields	O
using	O
an	O
@Inject	O
annotation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
interface	B-Language
is	O
needed	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
create	O
custom	O
annotations	B-Language
that	O
identify	O
an	O
implementation	O
,	O
then	O
use	O
that	O
annotation	O
when	O
injecting	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
the	O
first	O
generic	O
framework	O
for	O
dependency	B-Library
injection	I-Library
using	O
Java	B-Language
annotations	I-Language
in	O
2008	O
,	O
Guice	B-Application
won	O
the	O
18th	O
Jolt	O
Award	O
for	O
best	O
Library	O
,	O
Framework	O
,	O
or	O
Component	O
.	O
</s>
