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title: 'API docs: repository.repositorymixindoc.component'
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[Home](./index.md) &gt; [@loopback/repository](./repository.md) &gt; [RepositoryMixinDoc](./repository.repositorymixindoc.md) &gt; [component](./repository.repositorymixindoc.component.md)

## RepositoryMixinDoc.component() method

Add a component to this application. Also mounts all the components repositories.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
component(component: Class<{}>): Binding;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  component | [Class](./repository.class.md)<!-- -->&lt;{}&gt; | The component to add. |

<b>Returns:</b>

[Binding](./context.binding.md)

## Example


```ts

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

app.component(ProductComponent);

```