Help understanding when @Named() properties/config can be used....

[Jeff]

This list seems a bit dead but still linked to from the main github project.  If there is a better place to ask questions now, please redirect me.

The provider variation below works fine to create a KubeCtl instance using @Provider where the @Named("CONFIG") object is injected as an argument to the @Provider method:

public class GlobalConfigGuiceModule extends AbstractModule {
    Properties config = null;

    @Override
    protected void configure() {
        loadConfig();  //populates config Properties object above
        Names.bindProperties(binder(), config); //Binds property @Named configuration to the config object
    }

    @Provides
    @Named("CONFIG")
    @Singleton
    public Properties ConfigProvider() {
     return config;

    }

    //Property object injected

    @Provides
    public KubeCtl kubeCtlClientProvider( @Named("CONFIG") Properties conf) {

           //Call conf.getProperty() for kubectl.namespace, kubectl.basePath and kubectl.credsFile

           //Create KubeCtl instance

    }

}

Why doesn't the following variation of kubeCtlClientProvider() work?

   //Individual @Named properties NOT injected

    @Provides
    public KubeCtl kubeCtlClientProvider(
            @Named("kubectl.namespace") String namespace,
            @Named("kubectl.basePath") String basePath,
            @Named("kubectl.credsFile") String credentialFile) {
         //Create KubeCtl instance using arguments directly
     }

I get the error:

[Guice/MissingImplementation]: No implementation for String annotated with @Named(value="kubectl.namespace") was bound.

Yet when I do field injection in my other classes, the following works fine.  I'm missing something.

MyOtherClass {

  @Inject

  @Named("kubectl.namespace")  

  String namespace;

   ....

}

Thanks!