Ember object ownership (getOwner, service injections, etc.)

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:warning: Importing getOwner from discourse-common/lib/get-owner is deprecated.

To access e.g. services there a couple of methods at your disposal.

  • In components/controllers/routes you should use service injections

    import { service } from "@ember/service";

export default class Something extends Component {
  @service router;

  • In cases where a service can be unavailable (i.e. it comes from an optional plugin) there’s a optionalService injection

    import optionalService from "discourse/lib/optional-service";

export default class Something extends Component {
  @optionalService categoryBannerPresence;

  • In API initializers you have the access to api.container

    apiInitializer("1.0", (api) => {
  const router = api.container.lookup("service:router");

  • And for a direct replacement of an existing code you can use

    import { getOwner } from "@ember/application";

  • …or if you still need the fallback shim (in a non-component/controller/route/widget context) use

    import { getOwnerWithFallback } from "discourse-common/lib/get-owner";

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