Guice - create binding to java.lang.class
guice, guice-3, java
Solution
I figured it out after RTFM. I just missed the existence of the "toInstance" method:
bind(new TypeLiteral(Class<? extends MyInterface>)(){}).toInstance(MyImplementation.class)
Hopefully this helps someone else who runs into a similar issue!
Problem
Is there any slick way (if any) for Guice to somehow bind a class type to an interface? I don't mean an instance of the class, but the actual java.lang.class type itself. i.e. (obviously doesn't work, but tells what I'm after): ``` bind(MyInterface.class).to(Class<MyImplementation>) ``` I know it doesn't seem possible on the outset, but I didn't know if there were any tricks I could take to do this. One that comes to mind would be wrapping the class type in an actual instantiated object or something, but that seems like a last resort. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!