From 8c48d41eedc011a4b2c40006f9e7688f66fbd7bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrew Bastin <andrewbastin.k@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2023 11:41:05 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: expose function to get a service instance from dioc
 through module

---
 .../hoppscotch-common/src/modules/dioc.ts     | 24 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/modules/dioc.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/modules/dioc.ts
index bdbb89619..61fa0b312 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/modules/dioc.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/modules/dioc.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 import { HoppModule } from "."
-import { Container } from "dioc"
+import { Container, Service } from "dioc"
 import { diocPlugin } from "dioc/vue"
 
+const serviceContainer = new Container()
+
+/**
+ * Gets a service from the app service container. You can use this function
+ * to get a service if you have no access to the container or if you are not
+ * in a component (if you are, you can use `useService`) or if you are not in a
+ * service.
+ * @param service The class of the service to get
+ * @returns The service instance
+ *
+ * @deprecated This is a temporary escape hatch for legacy code to access
+ * services. Please use `useService` if within components or try to convert your
+ * legacy subsystem into a service if possible.
+ */
+export function getService<T extends typeof Service<any> & { ID: string }>(
+  service: T
+): InstanceType<T> {
+  return serviceContainer.bind(service)
+}
+
 export default <HoppModule>{
   onVueAppInit(app) {
     // TODO: look into this
     // @ts-expect-error Something weird with Vue versions
     app.use(diocPlugin, {
-      container: new Container(),
+      container: serviceContainer,
     })
   },
 }