Adding components to the Hilt hierarchy - 3

UserManager.kt

/* Copyright 2020 Google LLC.	
   SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 */
@Singleton
class UserManager @Inject constructor(
    // Since UserManager will be in charge of managing the UserComponent's
    // lifecycle, it needs to know how to create instances of it. We use the
    // provider (i.e. factory) Dagger generates for us to create instances of UserComponent.
    private val userComponentProvider: Provider<UserComponent.Builder>
) {

  /**
   *  UserComponent is specific to a logged in user. Holds an instance of
   *  UserComponent. This determines if the user is logged in or not, when the
   *  user logs in, a new Component will be created.
   *  When the user logs out, this will be null.
   */
  var userComponent: UserComponent? = null
      private set

  ...

  private fun userLoggedIn(userId: String) {
    // When the user logs in, we create a new instance of UserComponent
    val user = createUser(userId)
    userComponent = userComponentProvider.get().setUser(user).build()
  }

  private fun logout() {
    // When the user logs out, we remove the instance of UserComponent from memory
    userComponent = null
  }
}