Services

public struct Services: CustomStringConvertible

The Services struct is used for registering and storing a Container’s services.

Registering Services

While the Services struct is mutable (before it is used to initialize a Container), new services can be registered using a few different methods.

Factory

The most common method for registering services is by using a factory.

services.register(Logger.self) { container in
    return PrintLogger()
}

This will ensure a new instance of your service is created for any SubContainers. See the register(_:factory:) methods for more information.

Note

You may need to disambiguate the closure return by adding -> T.

Type

A concise method for registering services is by using the ServiceType protocol. Types conforming to this protocol can be registered to Services using just the type name.

extension PrintLogger: ServiceType { ... }

services.register(PrintLogger.self)

See ServiceType for more details.

Instance

You can also register pre-initialized instances of a service.

services.register(PrintLogger())

Warning

When used with reference types (classes), this method will share the same object with all SubContainers. Be careful to avoid race conditions.

Making Services

Once you initialize a Container from a Services struct, the Services will become immutable. After this point, you can use the make(_:) method on Container to start creating services.

Note

The Services are immutable on a Container to optimize caching.

See Container for more information.

Init

Instance

  • Registers a pre-initialized instance of a Service conforming to a single interface to the Services.

    services.register(PrintLogger(), as: Logger.self)

    Warning

    When used with reference types (classes), this method will share the same object with all subcontainers. Be careful to avoid race conditions.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public mutating func register<S>(_ instance: S, as interface: Any.Type) where S: Service

    Parameters

    instance

    Pre-initialized Service instance to register.
    interface

    An interface that this Service supports (besides its own type).
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  • Registers a pre-initialized instance of a Service to the Services.

    services.register(PrintLogger())

    This method also supports declaring conformance for zero or more protocols.

    services.register(PrintLogger(), as: [Logger.self, ErrorLogger.self])

    Warning

    When used with reference types (classes), this method will share the same object with all subcontainers. Be careful to avoid race conditions.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public mutating func register<S>(_ instance: S, as interfaces: [Any.Type] = []) where S: Service

    Parameters

    instance

    Pre-initialized Service instance to register.
    interfaces

    Zero or more interfaces that this Service supports (besides its own type).
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Factory

  • Registers a Service creating closure (service factory) conforming to a single interface to the Services.

    services.register(Logger.self) { container in
    return PrintLogger()
}

    This is the most common method for registering services as it ensures a new instance of the Service is initialized for each sub-container. It also provides access to the Container when the Service is initialized making it easy to query the Container for dependencies.

    services.register(Cache.self) { container in
    return try RedisCache(connection: container.make())
}

    See the other register(_:factory:) method that can accept zero or more interfaces.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public mutating func register<S>(_ interface: Any.Type, factory: @escaping (Container) throws -> (S)) where S: Service

    Parameters

    interfaces

    Zero or more interfaces that this Service supports (besides its own type).
    factory

    Container accepting closure that returns an initialized instance of this Service.
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  • Registers a Service creating closure (service factory) to the Services.

    services.register { container in
    return PrintLogger()
}

    This is the most common method for registering services as it ensures a new instance of the Service is initialized for each sub-container. It also provides access to the Container when the Service is initialized making it easy to query the Container for dependencies.

    services.register { container in
    return try RedisCache(connection: container.make())
}

    This method also supports declaring conformance for zero or more protocols.

    services.register([Logger.self, ErrorLogger.self]) { container in
    return PrintLogger()
}

    See the other register(_:factory:) method that accepts a single interface.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public mutating func register<S>(_ interfaces: [Any.Type] = [], factory: @escaping (Container) throws -> (S)) where S: Service

    Parameters

    interfaces

    Zero or more interfaces that this Service supports (besides its own type).
    factory

    Container accepting closure that returns an initialized instance of this Service.
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Type

  • Registers a ServiceType to the Services. This is the most concise register method since the ServiceType protocol supplies all required information.

    extension PrintLogger: ServiceType { ... }

services.register(PrintLogger.self)

    See ServiceType for more information.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public mutating func register<S>(_ type: S.Type = S.self) where S: ServiceType
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Provider

  • Registers a Provider to the services. This will automatically register all of the Provider’s available services. It will also store the provider so that its lifecycle methods can be called later.

    try services.register(PrintLoggerProvider())

    See Provider for more information.

    Throws

    The provider can throw errors while registering services.

    Declaration

    Swift

    public mutating func register<P>(_ provider: P) throws where P: Provider

    Parameters

    provider

    Initialized Provider to register.
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Custom

CustomStringConvertible