Differences from other DI frameworks

…from Dagger

• There is no @Module. All providers run through graphs and their supertypes.
• There is no Producers support.
• There is no Hilt support, though some features are similar in the same way that Anvil’s features are similar.
• There is no @Reusable.
• There is no @BindsOptionalOf.
• There is no @Subcomponent.
• Metro can inject private properties and functions.
• There is no @BindsInstance. Use @Provides on @DependencyGraph.Factory function parameters instead

…from Kotlin-Inject

• typealiases are not treated as implicit qualifiers.
• Dependency graph classes cannot have primary constructors, their parameters must be defined as @Provides or graph parameters on a @DependencyGraph.Factory function like Dagger.
• Higher order functions cannot be used. Instead, use Provider and declared @AssistedFactory-annotated types.
• No need for use-site targets for most annotations.
• No need for @get:Provides Impl.bind: Type get() = this to achieve type bindings. See the docs on @Provides.
• Metro can inject private properties and functions.

…from Anvil

• There is no rank.
• @ContributesBinding requires an explicit bound type.
  • This is necessary to support generic bound types.

…from kotlin-inject-anvil

• There is no need for @CreateComponent or expect fun createComponent() functions.
• @ContributesBinding requires an explicit bound type.
  • This is necessary to support generic bound types.

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