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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/context](./context.md) &gt; [asClassOrProvider](./context.asclassorprovider.md)

## asClassOrProvider() function

A factory function to create a template function to bind the target class as a class or `Provider`<!-- -->.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export declare function asClassOrProvider<T>(target: Constructor<T | Provider<T>> | DynamicValueProviderClass<T>): BindingTemplate<T>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  target | [Constructor](./context.constructor.md)<!-- -->&lt;T \| [Provider](./context.provider.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt;&gt; \| [DynamicValueProviderClass](./context.dynamicvalueproviderclass.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt; | Target class, which can be an implementation of <code>Provider</code> or <code>DynamicValueProviderClass</code> |

<b>Returns:</b>

[BindingTemplate](./context.bindingtemplate.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt;


