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# Dependency providers
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By configuring providers, you can make services available to the parts of your application that need them.
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A dependency [provider](guide/glossary#provider) configures an injector with a [DI token](guide/glossary#di-token), which that injector uses to provide the runtime version of a dependency value.
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## Specifying a provider token
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If you specify the service class as the provider token, the default behavior is for the injector to instantiate that class with `new`.
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In the following example, the `Logger` class provides a `Logger` instance.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-logger">
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</code-example>
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You can, however, configure an injector with an alternative provider in order to deliver some other object that provides the needed logging functionality.
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You can configure an injector with a service class, you can provide a substitute class, an object, or a factory function.
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{@a token}
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{@a injection-token}
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## Dependency injection tokens
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When you configure an [injector](guide/glossary#injector) with a [provider](guide/glossary#provider), you are associating that provider with a [dependency injection token](guide/glossary#di-token), or DI token.
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The injector allows Angular create a map of any internal dependencies.
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The DI token acts as a key to that map.
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The dependency value is an instance, and the class type serves as a lookup key.
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Here, the injector uses the `HeroService` type as the token for looking up `heroService`.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/injector.component.ts" region="get-hero-service" header="src/app/injector.component.ts"></code-example>
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When you define a constructor parameter with the `HeroService` class type, Angular knows to inject the service associated with that `HeroService` class token:
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/heroes/hero-list.component.ts" region="ctor-signature" header="src/app/heroes/hero-list.component.ts">
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</code-example>
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Though classes provide many dependency values, the expanded `provide` object lets you associate different kinds of providers with a DI token.
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{@a provide}
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## Defining providers
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The class provider syntax is a shorthand expression that expands into a provider configuration, defined by the [`Provider` interface](api/core/Provider).
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The following example is the class provider syntax for providing a `Logger` class in the `providers` array.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-logger">
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</code-example>
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Angular expands the `providers` value into a full provider object as follows.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-3" >
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</code-example>
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The expanded provider configuration is an object literal with two properties.
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* The `provide` property holds the [token](#token)
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that serves as the key for both locating a dependency value and configuring the injector.
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* The second property is a provider definition object, which tells the injector how to create the dependency value.
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The provider-definition key can be `useClass`, as in the example.
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It can also be `useExisting`, `useValue`, or `useFactory`.
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Each of these keys provides a different type of dependency, as discussed below.
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{@a class-provider}
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## Specifying an alternative class provider
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Different classes can provide the same service.
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For example, the following code tells the injector to return a `BetterLogger` instance when the component asks for a logger using the `Logger` token.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-4" >
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</code-example>
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{@a class-provider-dependencies}
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### Configuring class providers with dependencies
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If the alternative class providers have their own dependencies, specify both providers in the `providers` metadata property of the parent module or component.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-5"></code-example>
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In this example, `EvenBetterLogger` displays the user name in the log message.
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This logger gets the user from an injected `UserService` instance.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="EvenBetterLogger"></code-example>
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The injector needs providers for both this new logging service and its dependent `UserService`.
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{@a aliased-class-providers}
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### Aliasing class providers
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To alias a class provider, specify the alias and the class provider in the `providers` array with the `useExisting` property.
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In the following example, the injector injects the singleton instance of `NewLogger` when the component asks for either the new or the old logger.
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In this way, `OldLogger` is an alias for `NewLogger`.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-6b"></code-example>
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Be sure you don't alias `OldLogger` to `NewLogger` with `useClass`, as this creates two different `NewLogger` instances.
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{@a provideparent}
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## Aliasing a class interface
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Generally, writing variations of the same parent alias provider uses [forwardRef](guide/dependency-injection-in-action#forwardref) as follows.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts" region="alex-providers" header="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts"></code-example>
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To streamline your code, you can extract that logic into a helper function using the `provideParent()` helper function.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts" region="provide-the-parent" header="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts"></code-example>
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Now you can add a parent provider to your components that's easier to read and understand.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts" region="alice-providers" header="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts"></code-example>
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### Aliasing multiple class interfaces
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To alias multiple parent types, each with its own class interface token, configure `provideParent()` to accept more arguments.
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Here's a revised version that defaults to `parent` but also accepts an optional second parameter for a different parent class interface.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts" region="provide-parent" header="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts"></code-example>
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Next, to use `provideParent()` with a different parent type, provide a second argument, here `DifferentParent`.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts" region="beth-providers" header="dependency-injection-in-action/src/app/parent-finder.component.ts"></code-example>
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{@a value-provider}
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## Injecting an object
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To inject an object, configure the injector with the `useValue` option.
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The following provider object uses the `useValue` key to associate the variable with the `Logger` token.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-7"></code-example>
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In this example, `SilentLogger` is an object that fulfills the logger role.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="silent-logger"></code-example>
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{@a non-class-dependencies}
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### Injecting a configuration object
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A common use case for object literals is a configuration object.
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The following configuration object includes the title of the application and the address of a web API endpoint.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/app.config.ts" region="config" header="src/app/app.config.ts (excerpt)"></code-example>
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To provide and inject the configuration object, specify the object in the `@NgModule()` `providers` array.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/app.module.ts" region="providers" header="src/app/app.module.ts (providers)"></code-example>
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{@a injectiontoken}
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### Using an `InjectionToken` object
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You can define and use an `InjectionToken` object for choosing a provider token for non-class dependencies.
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The following example defines a token, `APP_CONFIG` of the type `InjectionToken`.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/app.config.ts" region="token" header="src/app/app.config.ts"></code-example>
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The optional type parameter, `<AppConfig>`, and the token description, `app.config`, specify the token's purpose.
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Next, register the dependency provider in the component using the `InjectionToken` object of `APP_CONFIG`.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" header="src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-9"></code-example>
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Now you can inject the configuration object into the constructor with `@Inject()` parameter decorator.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/app.component.2.ts" region="ctor" header="src/app/app.component.ts"></code-example>
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{@a di-and-interfaces}
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#### Interfaces and dependency injection
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Though the TypeScript `AppConfig` interface supports typing within the class, the `AppConfig` interface plays no role in dependency injection.
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In TypeScript, an interface is a design-time artifact, and doesn't have a runtime representation, or token, that the DI framework can use.
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When the transpiler changes TypeScript to JavaScript, the interface disappears because JavaScript doesn't have interfaces.
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Since there is no interface for Angular to find at runtime, the interface cannot be a token, nor can you inject it.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="providers-9-interface"></code-example>
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/providers.component.ts" region="provider-9-ctor-interface"></code-example>
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{@a factory-provider}
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{@a factory-providers}
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## Using factory providers
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To create a changeable, dependent value based on information unavailable before run time, you can use a factory provider.
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In the following example, only authorized users should see secret heroes in the `HeroService`.
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Authorization can change during the course of a single application session, as when a different user logs in .
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To keep security-sensitive information in `UserService` and out of `HeroService`, give the `HeroService` constructor a boolean flag to control display of secret heroes.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/heroes/hero.service.ts" region="internals" header="src/app/heroes/hero.service.ts (excerpt)"></code-example>
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To implement the `isAuthorized` flag, use a factory provider to create a new logger instance for `HeroService`.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts" region="factory" header="src/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (excerpt)"></code-example>
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The factory function has access to `UserService`.
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You inject both `Logger` and `UserService` into the factory provider so the injector can pass them along to the factory function.
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<code-example path="dependency-injection/src/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts" region="provider" header="src/app/heroes/hero.service.provider.ts (excerpt)"></code-example>
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* The `useFactory` field specifies that the provider is a factory function whose implementation is `heroServiceFactory`.
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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 `heroServiceFactory` factory function parameters.
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Capturing the factory provider in the exported variable, `heroServiceProvider`, makes the factory provider reusable.
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The following side-by-side example shows how `heroServiceProvider` replaces `HeroService` in the `providers` array.
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<code-tabs>
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<code-pane header="src/app/heroes/heroes.component (v3)" path="dependency-injection/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.ts">
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</code-pane>
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<code-pane header="src/app/heroes/heroes.component (v2)" path="dependency-injection/src/app/heroes/heroes.component.1.ts">
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</code-pane>
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</code-tabs>
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