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## asClassOrProvider() function

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

**Signature:**

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

## Parameters

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Parameter


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Type


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Description


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target


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


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Target class, which can be an implementation of `Provider` or `DynamicValueProviderClass`


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**Returns:**

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