From b5679af43cbfe8a78323e9a3a8aa1512d752e9b9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2024 19:29:21 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] backend: add example usage of feature loader

Signed-off-by: Patrik Oldsberg <poldsberg@gmail.com>
---
 packages/backend/src/index.ts | 17 +++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/backend/src/index.ts b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
index 1174b7bf6d..952f3315c4 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,21 @@
  */
 
 import { createBackend } from '@backstage/backend-defaults';
+import { createBackendFeatureLoader } from '@backstage/backend-plugin-api';
 
 const backend = createBackend();
 
+// An example of how to group together and load multiple features. You can also
+// access root-scoped services by adding `deps`.
+const searchLoader = createBackendFeatureLoader({
+  *loader() {
+    yield import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend/alpha');
+    yield import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog/alpha');
+    yield import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore/alpha');
+    yield import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs/alpha');
+  },
+});
+
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-auth-backend'));
 backend.add(import('./authModuleGithubProvider'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-auth-backend-module-guest-provider'));
@@ -36,13 +48,10 @@ backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-permission-backend/alpha'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-proxy-backend/alpha'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend/alpha'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend-module-github'));
-backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-catalog/alpha'));
-backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-explore/alpha'));
-backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend-module-techdocs/alpha'));
 backend.add(
   import('@backstage/plugin-catalog-backend-module-backstage-openapi'),
 );
-backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-search-backend/alpha'));
+backend.add(searchLoader);
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend/alpha'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-signals-backend'));
 backend.add(import('@backstage/plugin-notifications-backend'));