Guice: How do I get an instance of a TypeLiteral-wrapped generic?

Question

I have a generic database access class, which i\'m binding using the TypeLiteral construct. Now in a test i want to mock that class and i have therefor created a Provider, t

Answer 1

Use Guice's Key facility, which is made for exactly this kind of problem. In your case

injector.getInstance(Key.get(new TypeLiteral<GenericDbClass<Integer>>(){});

will do the trick.