Jersy2 inject slf4j Logger - dependency-injection

Question

I'm trying to understand Jersey 2 development and context-dependency injection.
I don't understand how to inject into a resource an object that needs initialization parameters in the constructor.
For example: I'd like to #Inject slf4j Logger, built using LoggerFactory.
My resource class is:
#Path("/myresource")
public class MyResource {
#Inject
private Logger log;
#GET
#Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public Answer status() {
log.info("STATUS");
return new Answer(200, "Server up and running # "+ ZonedDateTime.now());
}
}
My Resource config is:
public class MyAppextends ResourceConfig {
public MyApp() {
register(new MyBinder());
packages(true, "my.packages");
}
}
public class MyBinder extends AbstractBinder {
#Override
protected void configure() {
bindFactory(MyLoggerFactory.class).to(org.slf4j.Logger.class);
}
}
Finally, the Factory is:
public class MyLoggerFactory implements Factory<Logger> {
#Override
public Logger provide() {
return LoggerFactory.getLogger(TYPE_FOR_LOGGING.class);
}
#Override
public void dispose(Logger logger) {
}
}
How can I specify TYPE_FOR_LOGGING as argument, in order to Inject the correctly initialized Logger in every resource I want?
Thanks

Answer 1

What you are looking for is called the InstantiationService. You can inject it into Factories to find out who is calling the factory inside of the provide method.
Below find a code sample from the hk2 tests that illustrate the use of the InstantiationService.
#Singleton
public class CorrelationFactory implements Factory<PerLookupServiceWithName> {
private final static PerLookupServiceWithName NULL_SERVICE = new PerLookupServiceWithName() {
#Override
public String getName() {
return null;
}
};
#Inject
private InstantiationService instantiationService;
/* (non-Javadoc)
* #see org.glassfish.hk2.api.Factory#provide()
*/
#Override #PerLookup
public PerLookupServiceWithName provide() {
InstantiationData data = instantiationService.getInstantiationData();
if (data == null) {
return NULL_SERVICE;
}
Injectee parent = data.getParentInjectee();
if (parent == null) {
return NULL_SERVICE;
}
Class<?> parentClass = parent.getInjecteeClass();
if (parentClass == null) {
return NULL_SERVICE;
}
Correlator correlator = parentClass.getAnnotation(Correlator.class);
if (correlator == null) {
return NULL_SERVICE;
}
final String fName = correlator.value();
return new PerLookupServiceWithName() {
#Override
public String getName() {
return fName;
}
};
}
/* (non-Javadoc)
* #see org.glassfish.hk2.api.Factory#dispose(java.lang.Object)
*/
#Override
public void dispose(PerLookupServiceWithName instance) {
// DO nothing
}
}