= CDI @Qualifier
:index-group: CDI
:jbake-type: page
:jbake-status: published

== Introduction

Sometimes we need write several implementation for a interface of rule business, to increase uncoupling let's inject only interface and CDI choose the right implementation, to help CDI with this choice was created the **Qualifiers**.


== Example

In this example, we have an interface `Payment` and theirs implementations: 
* Cash
* CreditCard 

In our test (Payment Test) we inject only the interface Payment, without the Qualifier feature the CDI would not known which implementation to inject in test.

We created a **Qualifier** called `PaymentQualifier` a single qualifier with only one difference, the annotation `@Qualifier`.

[source,java]
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@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Target({ TYPE, FIELD, METHOD })
@Qualifier
public @interface PaymentQualifier {

	PaymentType type();	
}
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This qualifier has a method named `type()`, this method will help the CDI to inject correctly implementation. see this enum:

[source,java]
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public enum PaymentType {

	CASH,
	CREDITCARD
}
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now see an implementation

[source,java]
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@PaymentQualifier(type=PaymentType.CASH)
public class Cash implements Payment {

	@Override
	public String pay() {
		
		return "cash";
	}
}
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Each implementation should marked with this qualifier.

How to inject? see simplicity

[source,java]
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public class PaymentTest {

    private static EJBContainer container;

    @Inject
    @PaymentQualifier(type=PaymentType.CREDITCARD) //qualifier informing the CDI about the correctly implementation
    private Payment paymentCreditCard;
    
    @Inject
    @PaymentQualifier(type=PaymentType.CASH) //qualifier informing the CDI about the correctly implementation
    private Payment paymentCash;

    @BeforeClass
    public static void start() {
        container = EJBContainer.createEJBContainer();
    }

    @Before
    public void setUp() throws Exception {
        container.getContext().bind("inject", this);
    }

    @Test
    public void mustReturnCreditCard() {
    	
        assertEquals(paymentCreditCard.pay(), "creditCard");
    }
    
    @Test
    public void mustReturnCash() {
    	
        assertEquals(paymentCash.pay(), "cash");
    }

    @AfterClass
    public static void stop() {
        container.close();
    }
}

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