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@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import {Logger} from '../logger.service';
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@Injectable()
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export class HeroService {
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//#docregion ctor
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constructor(private _logger: Logger) { }
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//#enddocregion ctor
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getHeroes() {
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this._logger.log('Getting heroes ...')
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// Examples of provider arrays
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//#docplaster
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import { Component, Host, Inject, Injectable,
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provide, Provider} from 'angular2/core';
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template: template,
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providers:
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//#docregion providers-5
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[
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UserService,
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provide(Logger, {useClass: EvenBetterLogger})
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]
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[ UserService,
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provide(Logger, {useClass: EvenBetterLogger}) ]
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//#enddocregion providers-5
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})
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export class ProviderComponent5 {
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template: template,
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providers:
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//#docregion providers-6a
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[
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NewLogger,
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[ NewLogger,
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// Not aliased! Creates two instances of `NewLogger`
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provide(OldLogger, {useClass:NewLogger})
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]
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provide(OldLogger, {useClass:NewLogger}) ]
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//#enddocregion providers-6a
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})
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export class ProviderComponent6a {
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template: template,
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providers:
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//#docregion providers-6b
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[
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NewLogger,
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[ NewLogger,
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// Alias OldLogger w/ reference to NewLogger
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provide(OldLogger, {useExisting: NewLogger})
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]
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provide(OldLogger, {useExisting: NewLogger}) ]
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//#enddocregion providers-6b
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})
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export class ProviderComponent6b {
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log: (msg:string)=> this._logger.logs.push(msg),
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logs: []
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}
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// #enddocregion provider-10-logger
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this._logger.log("Optional logger was not available.")
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// #docregion provider-10-logger
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}
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// #enddocregion provider-10-logger
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else {
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We're likely to need the same logger service everywhere in our application
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so we put it at the root level of the application in the `app/` folder and
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we register it in the `providers` array of the metadata for our application root component, `AppComponent`.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-1', 'app/app.component.ts (providers)')
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-logger', 'app/app.component.ts (providers)')
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:marked
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If we forget to register it, Angular will throw an exception when it first needs the logger:
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If we forget to register it, Angular throws an exception when it first looks for the logger:
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code-example(format).
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EXCEPTION: No provider for Logger! (HeroListComponent -> HeroService -> Logger)
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:marked
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That's telling us that the dependency injector couldn't find the *provider* for the logger
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when it first tried to call the logger — inside the `HeroService` when the `HeroListComponent`
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was calling for heroes.
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The *provider* is the subject of our next section.
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That's Angular telling us that the dependency injector couldn't find the *provider* for the logger.
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It needed that provider to create a `Logger` to inject into a new `HeroService` which it needed to
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create and inject into a new `HeroListComponent`.
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The chain of creations started with the `Logger` provider. The *provider* is the subject of our next section.
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But wait! What if the logger is optional?
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<a id="optional"></a>
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### Optional dependencies
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Our `HeroService` currently requires a `Logger`. What if we could get by without a logger?
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We'd use it if we had it, ignore it if we didn't.
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We'd use it if we had it, ignore it if we didn't. We can do that.
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First we import the `@Optional` decorator.
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First import the `@Optional()` decorator.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','import-optional')(format='.')
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:marked
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Then rewrite the constructor with that decorator to make the logger optional.
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Then rewrite the constructor with `@Optional()` decorator preceding the private `_logger` parameter.
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That tells the injector that `_logger` is optional.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-10-ctor')(format='.')
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:marked
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Be prepared for a null logger. If we don't register one somewhere up the line,
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the injector will inject `null`. We have a method that logs. What can we do?
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the injector will inject `null`. We have a method that logs.
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What can we do to avoid a null reference exception?
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We could substitute a *do-nothing* logger stub so that our methods continue to work:
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We could substitute a *do-nothing* logger stub so that calling methods continue to work:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-10-logger')(format='.')
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:marked
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Obviously we'd take a more sophisticated approach if the logger were optional
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elsewhere as well.
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in multiple locations.
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But enough about optional loggers. In our sample application, the `Logger` is required.
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We must register a `Logger` with the application injector using *providers*
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The injector relies on **providers** to create instances of the services
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that it injects into components and other services.
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We must register *providers* with the injector or it won't know what to do.
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We must register a service *provider* with the injector or it won't know how to create the service.
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Earlier we registered the `Logger` service in the `providers` array of the metadata for the `AppComponent` like this:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-logger')
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:marked
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The `providers` array appears to hold service classes (one service class in this example).
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In reality it holds instances of the [Provider](../api/core/Provider-class.html) class.
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The `providers` array appears to hold a service class.
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In reality it holds an instance the [Provider](../api/core/Provider-class.html) class that can create that service.
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In our example, when the `HeroService` constructor specifies `logger:Logger`, it's expecting
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something that has the shape and behavior of the `Logger` class.
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There are many ways to *provide* something that has the shape and behavior of a `Logger`.
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There are many ways to *provide* something that looks and behaves like a `Logger`.
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The `Logger` class itself is an obvious and natural provider - it has the right shape and it's designed to be created.
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But it's not the only way.
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### Aliased Class Providers
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Suppose there is an old component that depends upon an `OldLogger` class.
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`OldLogger` has the same interface as the `NewLogger` but, for some reason,
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`OldLogger` has the same interface as the `NewLogger` but for some reason
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we can't update the old component to use it.
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When the *old* component logs a message with `OldLogger`,
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Sometimes we need to create the dependent value dynamically,
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based on information we won't have until the last possible moment.
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Maybe the information can change.
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Maybe the information keeps changes repeatedly in the course of the browser session..
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Suppose also that the injectable service has no independent access to the source of this information.
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This situation calls for a **factory provider** as we illustrate next.
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This situation calls for a **factory provider**.
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Our HeroService should hide *secret* heroes from normal users.
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Only authorized users should see them.
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Let's illustrate by adding a new business requirement:
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the HeroService must hide *secret* heroes from normal users.
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Only authorized users should see secret heroes.
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Like the `EvenBetterLogger`, the `HeroService` needs a fact about the user.
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It needs to know if the user is authorized to see secret heroes.
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as when we log in a different user.
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Unlike `EvenBetterLogger`, we can't inject the `UserService` into the `HeroService`.
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The `HeroService` won't have direct access to the user information to decide
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who is authoriazed and who is not.
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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Why? We don't know either. Stuff like this happens.
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A factory provider needs a factory function:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts','factory', 'app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (factory)')(format='.')
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:marked
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Although our `HeroService` knows nothing about the `UserService`, our factory function does.
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Although the `HeroService` has no access to the `UserService`, our factory function does.
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We inject both the `Logger` and the `UserService` into the factory provider:
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We inject both the `Logger` and the `UserService` into the factory provider and let the injector pass them along to the factory function:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts','provider', 'app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (provider)')(format='.')
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:marked
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The `deps` property is an array of [provider tokens](#token).
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The `Logger` and `UserService` classes serve as tokens for their own class providers.
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The injector resolves these tokens and injects the corresponding services into the matching factory function parameters.
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:marked
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Notice that we've captured the factory provider in an exported variable, `heroServiceProvider`.
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This extra step makes it easier for us to register our `HeroService` whereever we need it.
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Notice that we captured the factory provider in an exported variable, `heroServiceProvider`.
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This extra step makes the factory provider re-usable.
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We can register our `HeroService` with this variable whereever we need it.
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In our sample, we need it only in the `HeroesComponent`
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where it replaces the previous `HeroService` registration in the metadata `providers` array:
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where it replaces the previous `HeroService` registration in the metadata `providers` array.
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Here we see the new and the old implementation side-by-side:
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+makeTabs(
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`dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/heroes.component.ts,
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dependency-injection/ts/app/heroes/heroes.component.1.ts`,
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When we register a provider with an injector we associate that provider with a dependency injection token.
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The injector maintains an internal *token/provider* map that it references when
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asked for a dependency
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asked for a dependency. The token is the key to the map.
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In all previous examples, the dependency value has been a class *instance* and
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the class *type* served as its own lookup token.
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Here we get a `HeroService` directly from the injector by supplying the `HeroService` type as the token.
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the class *type* served as its own lookup key.
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Here we get a `HeroService` directly from the injector by supplying the `HeroService` type as the key/token.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/injector.component.ts','get-hero-service')(format='.')
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:marked
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We have similar good fortune (in typescript) when we write a constructor that requires an injected class-based dependency.
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service associated with that `HeroService` class token:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-8-ctor')(format=".")
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:marked
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This is all especially convenient when we consider that most dependency values are provided by classes.
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This is especially convenient when we consider that most dependency values are provided by classes.
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### Non-class Dependencies
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Sometimes the thing we want to inject is a string, a function, or an object.
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Applications often define configuration objects with lots of small facts like the title of the application or the address of a web api endpoint.
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These configuration objects aren't always instances of a class. They're just objects ... like this one:
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These configuration objects aren't always instances of a class. They tend to be object hashes like this one:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/app.config.ts','config','app/app-config.ts')(format='.')
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:marked
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// begin Typescript only
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<a id="interface"></a>
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:marked
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### Interfaces aren't valid tokens
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The `CONFIG` constant has an interface, `Config`. Unfortunately, we
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**cannot use an interface as a token**
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cannot use an interface as a token:
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','providers-9a-interface')(format=".")
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/providers.component.ts','provider-9a-ctor-interface')(format=".")
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:marked
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It's not Angular's fault. An interface is a TypeScript design-time artifact.
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It disappears from the generated JavaScript so there is no interface type information for Angular to find at runtime.
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That seems strange if we're used to dependency injection in strongly-typed languages where
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an interface is the preferred dependency lookup key.
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It's not Angular's fault. An interface is a TypeScript design-time artifact. JavaScript doesn't have interfaces.
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The TypeScript interface disappears from the generated JavaScript.
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There is no interface type information left for Angular to find at runtime.
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// end Typescript only
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<a id="string-token"></a>
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:marked
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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Angular uses `OpaqueTokens` to register all of its non-class dependencies.
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Angular itself uses `OpaqueTokens` to register all of its own non-class dependencies. For example,
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[HTTP_PROVIDERS](https://angular.io/docs/ts/latest/api/http/HTTP_PROVIDERS-let.html)
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is the `OpaqueToken` associated with an array of providers for persisting data with the Angular `Http` client.
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Internally, the `Provider` turns both the string and the class type into an `OpaqueToken`
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and keys its *token/provider* map with that.
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+makeExample('dependency-injection/ts/app/injector.component.ts', 'injector',
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'app/injector.component.ts')
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:marked
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Angular injects the component's own `Injector` which the component uses to acquire services.
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The services themselves are not injected. They're retrieved via the injector.
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The `Injector` is itself an injectable service.
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In this example, Angular injects the component's own `Injector` into the component's constructor.
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The component then asks the injected injector for the services it wants.
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Note that the services themselves are not injected into the component.
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They are retrieved by calling `injector.get`.
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The `get` method throws an error if it can't resolve the requested service.
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We can call `getOptional` instead, which we do in one case
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.l-sub-section
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:marked
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This technique is an example of the [Service Locator Pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_locator_pattern).
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The technique we just described is an example of the
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[Service Locator Pattern](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_locator_pattern).
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We **avoid** this technique unless we genuinely need it.
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It encourages a careless grab-bag approach such as we see here.
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It's difficult to explain, understand, and test.
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We can't know by inspecting the constructor what this class requires or what it will do.
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It could acquire services from any ancestor component, not just its own.
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We're forced to spelunk the implementation and hope for the best.
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We're forced to spelunk the implementation to discover what it does.
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Framework developers may take this approach when they
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must acquire services generically and dynamically.
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