Guice - Inbuilt Bindings



Introduction

Guice provides inbuilt binding for java.util.logging.Logger class. Logger's name is automatically set to the name of the class into which the Logger is injected.

class TextEditor {
   private Logger logger;

   @Inject
   public TextEditor( Logger logger) {
      this.logger = logger;
   }

   public void makeSpellCheck(){
      logger.info("In TextEditor.makeSpellCheck() method");
   } 
}

See the complete example below.

Example - Usage of Inbuilt Binding

GuiceTester.java

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.util.logging.Logger;

import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
import com.google.inject.Guice;
import com.google.inject.Inject;
import com.google.inject.Injector;

public class GuiceTester {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
      Injector injector = Guice.createInjector(new TextEditorModule());
      TextEditor editor = injector.getInstance(TextEditor.class);
      editor.makeSpellCheck();
   } 
}

class TextEditor {
   private Logger logger;

   @Inject
   public TextEditor( Logger logger) {
      this.logger = logger;
   }

   public void makeSpellCheck(){
      logger.info("In TextEditor.makeSpellCheck() method");
   } 
}

//Binding Module
class TextEditorModule extends AbstractModule {

   @Override
   protected void configure() {
   } 
}

Output

Compile and run the file, you will see the following output −

Aug 20, 2025 11:39:57 AM com.tutorialspoint.TextEditor makeSpellCheck
INFO: In TextEditor.makeSpellCheck() method
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