Bind for generic types

I can’t find a solution to bind generic types and construct instances for them

val kodein by Kodein.lazy {
bind<Generic<*>>() with factory { cls:TypeToken<Generic<*>> -> 
... create instance based on actual * type
}

Onse i trying to get instance with val generic:Generic<String> by instance

got

com.github.salomonbrys.kodein.Kodein$NotFoundException: No provider found for bind<Generic<String>>() with ? { ? }

Registered in Kodein:
        bind<Generic<*>>() with factory { TypeToken<Generic<*>> -> Generic<String> } 

[SalomonBrys]

Kodein 5 offers “subtype factories” and “external source” that both answer your needs.

[softkot]

I found a workaround. A little bit verbose, but dos not require to iterate all POJO in bind statement.

So first of all create a binder like

Kodein {
Bind<Mapper<*>>(erased()) with multiton { cls: Class<*> -> getMapper(cls) }
}

then create inline extension to KodeinInjected or any other Kodein aware interface

inline fun <reified T> KodeinInjected.mapper() = with(T::class.java).Instance(erased<Mapper<T>>())

and finnaly retrive it with short expressive statement.

val pojo1Mapper by mapper<POJO1>()