Provider Bindings

Provider bindings map a type to its provider.

$this->bind(TransactionLogInterface::class)->toProvider(DatabaseTransactionLogProvider::class);

The provider class implements Ray’s Provider interface, which is a simple, general interface for supplying values:

namespace Ray\Di;

interface ProviderInterface
{
    public function get();
}

Our provider implementation class has dependencies of its own, which it receives via a contructor. It implements the Provider interface to define what’s returned with complete type safety:

use Ray\Di\Di\Inject;
use Ray\Di\ProviderInterface;

class DatabaseTransactionLogProvider implements ProviderInterface
{
    public function __construct(
        private readonly ConnectionInterface $connection)
    ){}

    public function get()
    {
        $transactionLog = new DatabaseTransactionLog;
        $transactionLog->setConnection($this->connection);

        return $transactionLog;
    }
}

Finally we bind to the provider using the toProvider() method:

$this->bind(TransactionLogInterface::class)->toProvider(DatabaseTransactionLogProvider::class);

Injection Point

An InjectionPoint is a class that has information about an injection point. It provides access to metadata via \ReflectionParameter or an attribute in Provider.

For example, the following get() method of Psr3LoggerProvider class creates injectable Loggers. The log category of a Logger depends upon the class of the object into which it is injected.

class Psr3LoggerProvider implements ProviderInterface
{
    public function __construct(
        private InjectionPointInterface $ip
    ){}

    public function get()
    {
        $logger = new \Monolog\Logger($this->ip->getClass()->getName());
        $logger->pushHandler(new StreamHandler('path/to/your.log', Logger::WARNING));

        return $logger;
    }
}

InjectionPointInterface provides following methods.

$ip->getClass();      // \ReflectionClass
$ip->getMethod();     // \ReflectionMethod
$ip->getParameter();  // \ReflectionParameter
$ip->getQualifiers(); // (array) $qualifierAnnotations