Inject Decorator

The main task of a dependency-injection framework is to inject modules as dependencies into other modules so that you could keep your code organized and reusable.

Usage

Use the @inject() decorator to inject your pre-defined modules into others by decorating class properties that share the same name with a module.

import { define, singleton, inject } from "@injex/core";
@define()
@singleton()
export class UsersManager {
@inject() private usersService;
public createUser(data) {
this.usersService.create(data);
}
}
// usersService.ts
@define()
@singleton()
export class UsersService {
public create(data) { ... }
}

Inheritance

Injectables are also inherited when you extend classes or abstractions, so if you have a class with injected dependencies, they are accessible from the inherited class.

For example, notice how we don't decorate the abstract Animal class with the @define() decorator since we don't instantiate it directly, but we can still use @inject().

animal.ts
export abstract class Animal {
@inject() protected logger;
public abstract talk(): void;
}

The Dog class, which extends the abstract Animal class, accesses its parent's logger dependency.

dog.ts
@define()
export class Dog extends Animal {
public talk() {
this.logger.info("Woof Woof!");
}
}

Custom property names

Class property names should match the module names you inject so Injex could find them. It's not always the case; sometimes, you want to inject a module with a different name.

The @inject() decorator optionally accepts a module name or a type so that you can use a different name for your class properties.

import { define, singleton, inject } from "@injex/core";
@define()
@singleton()
export class UsersManager {
@inject("usersService") private service;
public createUser(data) {
this.service.create(data);
}
}

Factory vs. Singleton

As you may already saw, you can create modules as singletons with the @singleton() decorator. When you don't use a singleton for a module, it's injectable become a factory method you can call to create an instance.

zebra.ts
import { define } from "@injex/core";
@define()
export class Zebra extends Animal {
constructor(name: string) {
...
}
...
}
zoo.ts
import { define, singleton, inject } from "@injex/core";
import { Zebra } from "./zebra";
@define()
@singleton()
export class Zoo {
@inject(Zebra) private createZebra: (name: string) => Promise<Zebra>;
// or
@inject() private zebra: (name: string) => Promise<Zebra>;
public spawnZebra(name: string): Promise<Zebra> {
return this.createZebra(name);
}
}

The factory method calls the constructor, so it accepts arguments.

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