PHP-DI injectOn not injecting on setter methods

Question

I have setup dependencies and definitions while configuring the container using the ContainerBuilder and then compiling it to get the actual Container , but whenever I try injecting dependencies they always tend to be ignored.

Have I missed the concept of the injectOn() method, or am I doing something wrong here ( $this->translator remains unassigned)? I've tried different approaches to this, both instantiating the class and adding the object to the ContainerBuilder and also passing it as a \\DI\\object() definition, both with the same result.

<?php
include "../vendor/autoload.php";

class Translator
{}

class TextHandle
{
    protected $translator;

    public function setTranslator (Translator $translator)
    {
        $this->translator = $translator;
    }

    public function test ()
    {
        var_dump($this->translator);
    }
}

class TestCase
{
    protected $translator;

    public function __construct (Translator $translator)
    {
        $this->translator = $translator;
    }
}

// Setup container
$containerBuilder = new \DI\ContainerBuilder();
$containerBuilder->addDefinitions([
    Translator::class => \DI\object(),
]);

$container = $containerBuilder->build();

// Create object and inject
$textHandle = new TextHandle();
$container->injectOn($textHandle);

// Test injection, fails
$textHandle->test(); // NULL

// Test access, works
$translator = $container->get(Translator::class);
var_dump($translator); // object(Translator)#18 (0) {}

// Try having the container instantiate
$textHandle = $container->make(TextHandle::class);
$textHandle->test(); // Null

// Try object with constructor, works
$testCase = $container->make(TestCase::class);
var_dump($testCase); // Translator is set

Answer 1

According to the documentation , PHP-DI does not perform autowiring through setters.

You should add the definition for TextHandle class and configure it to inject Translator through the setter:

$containerBuilder->addDefinitions([
    TextHandle::class => \DI\object()->method('setTranslator', \DI\get(Translator::class))
]);