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Ruedi Steinmann edited this page Mar 24, 2015 · 2 revisions

Instance Bindings

You can bind a type to a specific instance of that type. This is usually only useful only for objects that don't have dependencies of their own, such as value objects:

    bind(String.class)
        .annotatedWith(Names.named("JDBC URL"))
        .toInstance("jdbc:mysql://localhost/pizza");
    bind(Integer.class)
        .annotatedWith(Names.named("login timeout seconds"))
        .toInstance(10);

Avoid using .toInstance with objects that are complicated to create, since it can slow down application startup. You can use an [[@Provides|ProvidesMethods]] method instead.

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