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## asProvider() function

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

**Signature:**

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

## Parameters

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Parameter


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Type


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Description


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target


</td><td markdown="1">

[Constructor](./context.constructor.md)<!-- -->&lt;[Provider](./context.provider.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt;&gt;


</td><td markdown="1">

Target provider class


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</tbody></table>

**Returns:**

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