How to access Play Framework 2.4 guice Injector in application?

Question

I want to use the getInstance method of the Guice Injector class in Play Framework 2.4, how can I access it?

I have used the Guice Fa

Answer 1

With Play Framework 2.5.x play.api.Play.current is deprecated and DI should always be preferred. Therefore proper way of getting injector instance is by using:

import play.api.inject.Injector
import javax.inject.Inject

class SomeClassRequiringInjector @Inject() (injector: Injector) { ... }

Works for me even when doing this with DI Provider class :)