Map bindings

Map bindings

Map bindings are almost the same as list bindings, but while list bindings are kind of anonymous (you can see them as indexed arrays) map bindings allow for named values (which compares to associative arrays). The functionality of map bindings is identical to list bindings, this includes typed and untyped map bindings. The only difference is the @Map annotation and how map bindings are created with the binder:

class PluginManager
{
    private $plugins;

    /**
     * @Inject
     * @Map(example\Plugin.class)
     */
    public __construct($plugins)
    {
        $this->plugins = $plugins;
    }

    // Methods for managing plugins
}

Bindings can be defined as follows:

$binder->bindMap('example\Plugin')
       ->withEntry('security', new SecurityPlugin())
       ->withEntryFromProvider('coolStuff', 'example\\CoolPluginProvider'); // provides AnotherCoolPlugin