Android Dagger Dependency Injection fails on private Fields

Question

I\'m new to dagger (though I have experience with DI from working on Java EE WebApps using Weld).

What I\'m trying to do is to inject a dependency into a class. The

Answer 1

Making a private field 'package visible' may not always be what you want. The Dagger documentation suggests the following:

Injecting final fields and private members. For best performance Dagger generates code. Work around this by using constructor injection.

Here's an example:

private ItemFactoryImpl itemFactory;
private BuildingFactory buildingFactory;

@Inject
public World(ItemFactoryImpl itemFactory, BuildingFactory buildingFactory) {
    this.itemFactory = itemFactory;
    this.buildingFactory = buildingFactory;
}