Factory providers ----------------- .. currentmodule:: dependency_injector.providers :py:class:`Factory` provider creates new instance of specified class on every call. Nothing could be better than brief example: .. image:: /images/providers/factory.png :width: 80% :align: center .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/providers/factory.py :language: python :linenos: Factory providers and __init__ injections ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :py:class:`Factory` takes a various number of positional and keyword arguments that are used as ``__init__()`` injections. Every time, when :py:class:`Factory` creates new one instance, positional and keyword argument injections would be passed as an instance's arguments. Injections are done according to the next rules: + All providers (instances of :py:class:`Provider`) are called every time when injection needs to be done. + Providers could be injected "as is" (delegated), if it is defined obviously. Check out `Factory providers delegation`_. + All other injectable values are provided *"as is"*. + Positional context arguments will be appended after :py:class:`Factory` positional injections. + Keyword context arguments have priority on :py:class:`Factory` keyword injections and will be merged over them. For example, if injectable value of injection is a :py:class:`Factory`, it will provide new one instance (as a result of its call) every time, when injection needs to be done. Example below is a little bit more complicated. It shows how to create :py:class:`Factory` of particular class with ``__init__()`` injections which injectable values are also provided by another factories: .. image:: /images/providers/factory_init_injections.png .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/providers/factory_init_injections.py :language: python :linenos: Factory providers delegation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :py:class:`Factory` provider could be delegated to any other provider via any kind of injection. As it was mentioned earlier, if :py:class:`Factory` is injectable value, it will be called every time when injection needs to be done. But sometimes there is a need to inject :py:class:`Factory` provider itself (not a result of its call) as a dependency. Such injections are called - *delegated provider injections*. Saying in other words, delegation of factories - is a way to inject factories themselves, instead of results of their calls. :py:class:`Factory` delegation is performed by wrapping delegated :py:class:`Factory` into special provider type - :py:class:`Delegate`, that just returns wrapped :py:class:`Factory`. Actually, there are three ways for creating factory delegates: + ``DelegatedFactory(...)`` - use special type of factory - :py:class:`DelegatedFactory`. Such factories are always injected as delegates ("as is"). + ``Delegate(Factory(...))`` - obviously wrapping factory into :py:class:`Delegate` provider. + ``Factory(...).delegate()`` - calling factory :py:meth:`Factory.delegate` method, that returns delegate wrapper for current factory. Example: .. image:: /images/providers/factory_delegation.png :width: 85% :align: center .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/providers/factory_delegation.py :language: python :linenos: Factory providers specialization ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :py:class:`Factory` provider could be specialized for any kind of needs via creating its subclasses. One of such specialization features is a limitation to :py:class:`Factory` provided type: .. literalinclude:: ../../examples/providers/factory_provided_type.py :language: python :linenos: