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# Binder Introduction

![](https://content.gitbook.com/content/MtgLfPeIR8KWTwoO8bDr/blobs/8KreB9uhl3tE9OzYul0f/binderIntro_WireBoxBinder.jpg)

In all reality we could be building our objects and its dependencies, [object graph](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object_graph), without any configuration just plain **location** and **implicit** conventions. This is great but not very flexible for refactoring, so let's do the best practice of defining a mapping or an alias to a real object.

We do this by creating a WireBox configuration binder `wirebox.system.ioc.config.Binder`, which is a simple class that defines the way WireBox behaves and defines object mappings. This binder is then used to initialize WireBox so it has knowledge of these mappings and our settings.

{% hint style="info" %}
The Binder is also the way you configure WireBox for operation.
{% endhint %}


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