Guice: How to change injection on runtime based on a (dynamic web property)

Question

The following is an approximation of the problem I\'m facing.

Think we have a password validator with some rules.

public interface RuleChecker{

    //Ch         


        

Answer 1

Create a provider for each field type (login, password, birth date...), with a parameter to change the implementation to return.

public class MyModule extends AbstractModule {

    public void configure() {
       bind(RuleChecker.class).annotatedWith(named("password")).toProvider(PasswordRuleCheckerProvider.class);
       bind(RuleChecker.class).annotatedWith(named("login")).toProvider(LoginRuleCheckerProvider.class);
    }
}

public static class PasswordRuleCheckerProvider implements Provider<RuleChecker> {

    private static CheckType type = CheckType.ALPHANUMERIC;
    // static type setter.

    public RuleChecker get() {
        // it would even be better if you could use singletons here.
        switch(type) {
            case LENGTH:
                return new LengthCheck();
            case ALPHANUMERIC:
                return new AlphanumericCheck();
            case ALPHALENGTH:
                return new AlphaAndLenghtCheckAdapter();
            case NONE:
            default:
                return NoCheck();
        }
    }
}
// Almost same provider for your LoginRuleCheckerProvider. You could do something generic.

In your admin section you change "type" value, so your rules will change. It can affect a limited set of fields, thanks to the annotations. For instance : PasswordRuleCheckerProvider.setType(CheckType.LENGTH);. Will only affect fields with @Named('password').

You have to declare your fields and services like this :

public abstract class DynamicService {
    protected void updateService() {
        // Reinject with the new implementations the members.
        App.getInjector().injectMembers(this);
    }
}

public class PasswordCheckService extends DynamicService  {
    @Inject
    @Named("password")
    private RuleChecker passwordChecker;

    public void changePasswordCheckType(CheckType type) {
        PasswordRuleCheckerProvider.setType(type);
        // Reinject, so you have your new implementation.
        updateService();
    }

    // [...]
}