Class MapBinder.RealMapBinder<K,​V>

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    Module
    Enclosing class:
    MapBinder<K,​V>

    public static final class MapBinder.RealMapBinder<K,​V>
    extends MapBinder<K,​V>
    implements Module
    The actual mapbinder plays several roles:

    As a MapBinder, it acts as a factory for LinkedBindingBuilders for each of the map's values. It delegates to a Multibinder of entries (keys to value providers).

    As a Module, it installs the binding to the map itself, as well as to a corresponding map whose values are providers. It uses the entry set multibinder to construct the map and the provider map.

    As a module, this implements equals() and hashcode() in order to trick Guice into executing its configure() method only once. That makes it so that multiple mapbinders can be created for the same target map, but only one is bound. Since the list of bindings is retrieved from the injector itself (and not the mapbinder), each mapbinder has access to all contributions from all equivalent mapbinders.

    Rather than binding a single Map.Entry<K, V>, the map binder binds keys and values independently. This allows the values to be properly scoped.

    We use a subclass to hide 'implements Module' from the public API.

    • Method Detail

      • configure

        public void configure​(Binder binder)
        Description copied from interface: Module
        Contributes bindings and other configurations for this module to binder.

        Do not invoke this method directly to install submodules. Instead use Binder.install(Module), which ensures that provider methods are discovered.

        Specified by:
        configure in interface Module
      • equals

        public boolean equals​(java.lang.Object o)
        Overrides:
        equals in class java.lang.Object
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class java.lang.Object