Use the MultiBinding functionality.

http://publicobject.com/2008/05/guice-multibindings-extension-checked.html

On May 6, 4:21 pm, Olivier Grégoire <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dears,
>
> Behind my title, I have to admit that I obviously know about the
> Injector.createChildInjector(Module...) method. However I was wondering
> essentially about modules that interact between them:
>
> I hope my explanation will be clear enough:
>
> Main module:
> + interface Plugin (no implementation)
> + Plugin manager
> + injector mainInjector created through Guice.createInjector()
>
> Extension 1 module:
> + defines an implementation of Plugin
> + injector ext1Injector created through mainInjector.createChildInjector()
>
> Extension 2 module (does not require any components of Extension 1):
> + defines an implementation of Plugin
> + injector ext2Injector created through mainInjector.createChildInjector()
>
> Extension 3 module (requires components of Extension 1)
> + defines an implementation of Plugin (aouch : it already exists)
> + injector ext3Injector created through ext1Injector.createChildInjector()
>
> The problem of extension 3 is that, since I create an injector with the
> extension 1 injector, I cannot provide a new implementation for my Plugin
> interface.
>
> The file in attachment shows a basic implementation of the error I receive.
>
> The problem can easily be worked around by creating another entry point in
> Extension 1 accessible to extension 3, but I don't find it efficient at all
> since the plugin-manager is handled at the main module level, and the main
> module shouldn't know the various entry points of extension 1.
>
> I've immediately thought about Modules.override() but it only overrides
> Modules with Modules, not Injectors with Modules.
>
> I can clearly see a problem here. However I don't know how to solve it with
> the current implementation of Guice. I also don't know how to handle a
> single module that needs two modules as prerequisites.
>
> So, does anyone know how I can manage extensions that need components found
> in other extensions with Guice?
>
> This is my first modular application, so if all this is based upon
> misunderstood basics about modular applications, please let me know why.
>
> Thank you and best regards,
>
> Olivier
>
>  ModularityTest.java
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