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title: 'API docs: context.provider.value'
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## Provider.value() method

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
value(): ValueOrPromise<T>;
```
<b>Returns:</b>

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

The value to inject to dependents. This method can return a promise too, in which case the IoC framework will resolve this promise to obtain the value to inject.