### Class: application = new Application()

Application is the container for various types of artifacts, such as components, servers, controllers, repositories, datasources, connectors, and models.

Properties

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
options | `ApplicationConfig` |  | constructorProperty exported public | Application is the container for various types of artifacts, such as components, servers, controllers, repositories, datasources, connectors, and models.

#### constructor(options: ApplicationConfig) : Application

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
options | `ApplicationConfig` | {} |  | Application is the container for various types of artifacts, such as components, servers, controllers, repositories, datasources, connectors, and models.

#### component(componentCtor: Constructor<Component>, name: undefined | string) : void

Add a component to this application and register extensions such as controllers, providers, and servers from the component.

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
componentCtor | `Constructor<Component>` |  |  | The component class to add.
name | `undefined | string` |  | optional | Optional component name, default to the class name

    export class ProductComponent {
      controllers = [ProductController];
      repositories = [ProductRepo, UserRepo];
      providers = {
        [AUTHENTICATION_STRATEGY]: AuthStrategy,
        [AUTHORIZATION_ROLE]: Role,
      };
    };

    app.component(ProductComponent);

#### controller(controllerCtor: ControllerClass, name: undefined | string) : Binding

Register a controller class with this application.

Returns:

The newly created binding, you can use the reference to further modify the binding, e.g. lock the value to prevent further modifications.

    class MyController {
    }
    app.controller(MyController).lock();

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
controllerCtor | `ControllerClass` |  |  | The controller class (constructor function).
name | `undefined | string` |  | optional | Optional controller name, default to the class name

#### getServer(target: Constructor<T> | String) : Promise<T>

Retrieve the singleton instance for a bound constructor.

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
target | `Constructor<T> | String` |  |  | Application is the container for various types of artifacts, such as components, servers, controllers, repositories, datasources, connectors, and models.

#### server(ctor: Constructor<T>, name: undefined | string) : Binding

Bind a Server constructor to the Application's master context. Each server constructor added in this way must provide a unique prefix to prevent binding overlap.

    app.server(RestServer);
    // This server constructor will be bound under "servers.RestServer".
    app.server(RestServer, "v1API");
    // This server instance will be bound under "servers.v1API".

Returns:

Binding for the server class

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
ctor | `Constructor<T>` |  |  | Application is the container for various types of artifacts, such as components, servers, controllers, repositories, datasources, connectors, and models.
name | `undefined | string` |  | optional | Optional override for key name.

#### servers(ctors: Constructor<T>[]) : Binding[]

Bind an array of Server constructors to the Application's master context. Each server added in this way will automatically be named based on the class constructor name with the "servers." prefix.

If you wish to control the binding keys for particular server instances, use the app.server function instead.

    app.servers([
     RestServer,
     GRPCServer,
    ]);
    // Creates a binding for "servers.RestServer" and a binding for
    // "servers.GRPCServer";

Returns:

An array of bindings for the registered server classes

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
ctors | `Constructor<T>[]` |  |  | An array of Server constructors.

#### setMetadata(metadata: ApplicationMetadata) : void

Set application metadata. `@loopback/boot` calls this method to populate the metadata from `package.json`.

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
metadata | `ApplicationMetadata` |  |  | Application metadata

#### start() : Promise<void>

Start the application, and all of its registered servers.

#### stop() : Promise<void>

Stop the application instance and all of its registered servers.

### Interface: ApplicationConfig

Configuration for application

### Interface: ApplicationMetadata

Type description for `package.json`

Properties

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
description | `string` |  | exported | Type description for `package.json`
name | `string` |  | exported | Type description for `package.json`
version | `string` |  | exported | Type description for `package.json`

### Interface: JSONArray

Properties

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Array | `ArrayConstructor` |  | exported |

### Interface: JSONObject

### Type alias: ControllerClass = Constructor

### Interface: ClassMap

A map of classes to be bound to a context

### Interface: Component

A component declares a set of artifacts so that they cane be contributed to an application as a group

Properties

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
bindings | `Binding[]` |  | exported optional | An array of bindings to be aded to the application context. For example,
    const bindingX = Binding.bind('x').to('Value X');
    this.bindings = [bindingX]
classes | `ClassMap` |  | exported optional | A map of classes to be bound to the application context. For example:
    {
      'rest.body-parsers.xml': XmlBodyParser
    }
controllers | `ControllerClass[]` |  | exported optional | An array of controller classes
- providers | `ProviderMap` |  | exported optional | A map of providers to be bound to the application context For example:
      {
      'authentication.strategies.ldap': LdapStrategyProvider
      }
servers | `undefined | anonymous` |  | exported optional | A map of name/class pairs for servers

### Interface: ProviderMap

A map of provider classes to be bound to a context

### Function: mountComponent

#### mountComponent(app: Application, component: Component) : void

Mount a component to an Application.

Parameters

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
app | `Application` |  |  |
component | `Component` |  |  |

### Namespace: CoreBindings

Namespace for core binding keys

### const CoreBindings.APPLICATION_CONFIG = BindingKey.create

Binding key for application configuration

### const CoreBindings.APPLICATION_INSTANCE = BindingKey.create( 'application.instance', )

Binding key for application instance itself

### const CoreBindings.APPLICATION_METADATA = BindingKey.create( 'application.metadata', )

Binding key for the content of `package.json`

### const CoreBindings.CONTROLLER_CLASS = BindingKey.create( 'controller.current.ctor', )

Binding key for the controller class resolved in the current request context

### const CoreBindings.CONTROLLER_CURRENT = BindingKey.create('controller.current')

Binding key for the controller instance resolved in the current request context

### const CoreBindings.CONTROLLER_METHOD_META = "controller.method.meta"

Binding key for the controller method metadata resolved in the current request context

### const CoreBindings.CONTROLLER_METHOD_NAME = BindingKey.create( 'controller.current.operation', )

Binding key for the controller method resolved in the current request context

### const CoreBindings.SERVERS = "servers"

Binding key for servers

### Interface: Server

Defines the requirements to implement a Server for LoopBack applications: start() : Promise stop() : Promise It is recommended that each Server implementation creates its own child Context, which inherits from the parent Application context. This way, any Server-specific bindings will remain local to the Server instance, and will avoid polluting its parent module scope.

Properties

Name | Type | Default Value | Flags | Description
--- | --- | --- | --- | ---
listening | `boolean` |  | exported | Tells whether the server is listening for connections or not

#### start() : Promise<void>

Start the server

#### stop() : Promise<void>

Stop the server