Accessing Guice injector in its Module?

Question

I am extending Guice\'s AbstractModule and inside of the extending class I need access to Guice\'s injector. It that possible, if yes, how?

Answer 1

You can inject the Injector in your class or provider, but it should be used sparsely.

I found it here: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-guice/EiMDuDGei1Q/glxFhHKHHjsJ

See also: https://github.com/google/guice/wiki/InjectingTheInjector

public class MyClass
{
    @Inject
    public MyClass(Injector injector) { ... }
}

public class MyModule extends AbstractModule {
    ...

    @Provides
    public Something provideSomething(Injector injector) { ... }

}