How to retrieve annotated instance from Guice's injector?

Boris Pavlović picture Boris Pavlović · Feb 25, 2011 · Viewed 47.6k times · Source

Let's say I have a module:

Module extends AbstractModule
{
  @Override
  protected void configure()
  {
    bind(String.class).
      annotatedWith(Names.named("annotation")).
        toInstance("DELIRIOUS");
  }
}

and I want to test the module and check if it injects the right value in a String field annotated with Names.named("annotation") without having a class and a field but obtaining the value directly from the injector:

@Test
public void test()
{
  Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new Module());

  // THIS IS NOT GOING TO WORK!
  String delirious = injector.getInstance(String.class); 

  assertThat(delirious, IsEqual.equalTo("DELIRIOUS");
}

Answer

ColinD picture ColinD · Feb 25, 2011
injector.getInstance(Key.get(String.class, Names.named("annotation")));