Dagger component body - dagger-2

Question

I am pretty new to Dagger and finding the component body a bit difficult to understand,having 2 specific questions related to the component implementation:
1)
#Singleton
#Component(modules = { UserModule.class, BackEndServiceModule.class })
public interface MyComponent {
BackendService provideBackendService();// Line 1
void inject(Main main); // Line 2
}
What is the purpose of Line 2? also will an instance of backendService be created even if line 1 is removed?
and also in the below code where the implementation of the above interface is generated , what does the component.inject(this) actually do?
public class Main {
#Inject
BackendService backendService; //
private MyComponent component;
private Main() {
component = DaggerMyComponent.builder().build();
component.inject(this);
}
private void callServer() {
boolean callServer = backendService.callServer();
if (callServer) {
System.out.println("Server call was successful. ");
} else {
System.out.println("Server call failed. ");
}
}
and also why has the backendservice not obtained using component.provideBackendService()

Answer 1

What is the purpose of void inject(Main main);?
It lets you perform field injection on concrete class Main, assuming that Main is a class that cannot be created by Dagger
where the implementation of the above interface is generated , what does the component.inject(this) actually do?
It uses MemberInjectors to inject the package-protected or public fields marked with #Inject. You can see the implementation of inject(Main) method in DaggerMyComponent class.
Of course, if possible it is better to make it so that:
1.) Main does not instantiate/know about its own injector
2.) Main is created by the Dagger component and #Inject constructor is used
#Singleton
public class Main {
private final BackendService backendService;
#Inject
Main(BackendService backendService) {
this.backendService = backendService;
}
}