dependency injection

noun

dependency injection

noun

1

Architecture, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences, Software A type-safe way of supplying an external dependency to a software component.

Related terms: CDI
Hypernyms: injection, inversion of control
Hyponyms: constructor-based dependency injection, field-based dependency injection, setter-based dependency injection

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