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+(ns active.clojure.dynj
+  "Thin layer over dynamic vars for implicit dependency injection. Dynjs
+  can be used to have better control over side effects, to abstract
+  over different possible interpretations of an aspect of a program or
+  to make things easier for testing.
+
+  Main usage patterns:
+
+  ```
+  (declare-dynj eff [a])
+
+  (defn foo []
+    (assert (= 4 (eff 2))))
+  
+  (defn square [a] (* a a))
+
+  (foo) ;; => throws exception
+  
+  (binding [eff square]
+    (foo))
+
+  ((with-bindings* {#'eff square} foo))
+
+  ```
+  "
+  (:refer-clojure :rename {bound-fn* clj-bound-fn*
+                           binding clj-binding
+                           with-bindings* clj-with-bindings*}))
+
+(defn ^:no-doc not-implemented [dynj]
+  (ex-info "Dynj var not implemented." {:dynj dynj :type ::not-implemented}))
+
+(defmacro declare-dynj
+  "Declares `name` as a dynamic injection point, to be bound to an
+  implementation/value later via [[binding]]. `params` and `docstring`
+  are for documentation purposes."
+  ([name params]
+   `(declare-dynj ~name nil ~params))
+  ([name docstring params]
+   `(do (defn ~name [~@params] (throw (not-implemented ~name)))
+        (alter-meta! (var ~name) assoc
+                     :dynamic true
+                     ::dynj true
+                     :docstring ~docstring)
+        ;; Note: adding :dynamic meta data is not enough in clojure :-/ need to call clojure.lang.Var/setDynamic.
+        (.setDynamic (var ~name))
+        (var ~name))))
+
+(defn- dynj-var? [v]
+  (and (var? v)
+       (contains? (meta v) ::dynj)))
+
+(defmacro binding
+  "Binds one or more dynjs to implementations during the evaluation of `body`.
+
+  ```
+  (declare-dynj add-user! [user])
+  
+  (binding [add-user! db-add-user!]
+    ...)
+  ```
+  "
+  [bindings & body]
+  `(clj-binding ~bindings
+     ~@body))
+
+(defn with-bindings*
+  "Calls `(thunk)` and binds implementations via a map of
+  dynj vars during the evaluation of `(thunk)`."
+  [binding-map thunk]
+  (assert (every? dynj-var? (keys binding-map)))
+  (clj-with-bindings* binding-map thunk))
+
+(defn merge-dynjs
+  "Like merge, but asserts that all keys are dynj vars, and the same
+  vars are not bound to different implementations."
+  [binding-map & more]
+  (assert (every? #(every? dynj-var? (keys %)) (cons binding-map more)))
+  (apply merge-with (fn [v1 v2]
+                      (assert (= v1 v2) (str "Conflicting dynj implementations: " v1 v2))
+                      v2)
+         (cons binding-map more)))
+
+(defn bound-fn*
+  "Returns a function that will call `f` with the same dynj
+  implementations in place as there are now. Passes all arguments though to f."
+  [f]
+  (clj-bound-fn* f))
+
+(defn bind-fn*
+  "Returns a function that will call `f` with the given map of dynj
+  implementations in place. Note that the returned function can then
+  be called on other threads, too."
+  [binding-map f]
+  (with-bindings* binding-map
+    (fn []
+      (bound-fn* f))))
diff --git a/test/active/clojure/dynj_test.clj b/test/active/clojure/dynj_test.clj
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+(ns active.clojure.dynj-test
+  (:require [active.clojure.dynj :as sut]
+            [clojure.test :as t]))
+
+(sut/declare-dynj foo "Foo" [bar])
+
+(t/deftest declare-dynj-test
+  ;; (t/is (:dynamic (meta #'foo)))
+  (t/is (= "Foo" (:docstring (meta #'foo)))))
+
+(t/deftest binding-test
+  (t/is (thrown? Exception (foo 4)))
+  
+  (sut/binding [foo (fn [x] (* x 2))]
+    (t/is (= 8 (foo 4)))))
+
+(t/deftest threading-test
+  ;; threads 'inherit' current bindings
+  (sut/binding [foo (fn [x] (* x 2))]
+    (t/is (= 8 @(future (foo 4))))))
+
+(t/deftest bound-fn-test
+  ;; bind a function to current bindings
+  (let [f (sut/binding [foo (fn [x] (* x 2))]
+            (sut/bound-fn* (fn [v]
+                             (foo v))))]
+    (t/is (= 8 (f 4)))))