<@U0B9ASX7F>: <@U0D5832DN> is correct. The instanc...

# kodein

[salomonbrys]

@bodo: @roosmaa is correct.
The instance function takes an object parameter of the type you're binding. Which means that the object must already exist when you bind it.
The provider takes a function as a parameter, this function must return an object of the type you're binding. It will be called when the type is needed, so the code inside the function is not run at binding time but at injection time.
Note that the example uses the Kotlin's syntax provider { /* function */ } which is a syntactic sugar for provider({ -> /* function */ }). From this you can see that provider actually takes a function argument.