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title: 'API docs: core.application.server'
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## Application.server() method

Bind a Server constructor to the Application's master context. Each server constructor added in this way must provide a unique prefix to prevent binding overlap.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
server<T extends Server>(ctor: Constructor<T>, nameOrOptions?: string | BindingFromClassOptions): Binding<T>;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  ctor | [Constructor](./context.constructor.md)<!-- -->&lt;T&gt; |  |
|  nameOrOptions | string \| [BindingFromClassOptions](./context.bindingfromclassoptions.md) | <i>(Optional)</i> Optional override for name or options. |

<b>Returns:</b>

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

Binding for the server class

## Example


```ts
app.server(RestServer);
// This server constructor will be bound under "servers.RestServer".
app.server(RestServer, "v1API");
// This server instance will be bound under "servers.v1API".
```