How to retrieve annotated instance from Guice's injector?

Question

Let\'s say I have a module:

Module extends AbstractModule
{
  @Override
  protected void configure()
  {
    bind(String.class).
      annotatedWith(Names.named(         


        

Answer 1

I'm using the following method

public <T> T getInstance(Class<T> type, Class<? extends Annotation> option) {
    final Key<T> key = Key.get(type, option);
    return injector.getInstance(key);
}

for this. In general, you still have the problem of creating the annotation instance, but here Names.named("annotation") works.

Answer 2

injector.getInstance(Key.get(String.class, Names.named("annotation")));