Story (Required)

As an application developer I would like to understand how to find and use injected bindings within my application running in a pod.
 

Background (Required)

Application developer need to understand how to write their application and/or application framework so that injected bindings can be detected and used to establish connections to relevant services.

Out of scope

Any new framework/library or modification of some existing frameworks.

In Scope

A Section in user guide

Approach(Required)

• Describe both binding injection as env variables and files,
• When to inject as env vars, when as files? Hint: 12 factor apps
• Where to look for bindings (both env vars and files)
• Describe mandatory bindings
• Describe the layout of binding folder
• Describe SERVICE_BINDING_ROOT env var
• Are binding updates possible and how?
• Show some code snippets demonstrating binding consumption, share links to some existing libraries/frameworks that are service binding compatible

Acceptance Criteria

A Section in userguide providing details to topics listed in "Approach" above.

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