Compile time dependency injection in Play 2.4 (based on https://www.playframework.com/documentation/2.4.x/ScalaCompileTimeDependencyInjection)

application.conf

application.secret="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
application.langs="en"
logger.root=ERROR
logger.play=INFO
logger.application=DEBUG

play.application.loader=BootstrapLoader # root object of the injection tree

Application.scala

package controllers

import env.Env
import play.api.libs.json.JsArray
import play.api.mvc._
import play.api.libs.concurrent.Execution.Implicits._

// here's where the injection takes place
class Application(env: Env) extends Controller {
  import env._ // to avoid writing something like env.WS.url() or env.configuration.get...

  def index = Action.async {
    val url = configuration.getString("docs.url").getOrElse("http://foo.bar/stuff.json")
    WS.url(url).get().map(_.json \ "docs").map(Ok(_))
  }
}

bootstrap.scala

import akka.actor.ActorSystem
import play.api.ApplicationLoader.Context
import play.api.cache.{CacheApi, EhCacheComponents}
import play.api.inject.Injector
import play.api.libs.concurrent.AkkaComponents
import play.api.libs.ws.WSAPI
import play.api.libs.ws.ning.NingWSComponents
import play.api.{Application, ApplicationLoader, BuiltInComponentsFromContext, Configuration}

class BootstrapLoader extends ApplicationLoader {
  def load(context: Context): Application = {
    // Bootstrap the injected application
    new env.ApplicationEnv(context).application
  }
}

package object env {
  // Environment that contains useful services
  class Env(val application: Application, val configuration: Configuration, val WS: WSAPI, val Akka: ActorSystem, val Cache: CacheApi, val injector: Injector)

  class ApplicationEnv(context: Context)
      extends BuiltInComponentsFromContext(context)
          with NingWSComponents
          with EhCacheComponents
          with AkkaComponents {
    
    lazy val env = new Env(application, configuration, wsApi, actorSystem, defaultCacheApi, injector)

    // an injected instance of the application controller
    lazy val applicationController = new controllers.Application(env)
    lazy val assets = new controllers.Assets(httpErrorHandler)

    // routes using injected controllers
    lazy val routes = new Routes(httpErrorHandler, applicationController, assets)
  }
}

build.sbt

name := """di-test"""

version := "1.0-SNAPSHOT"

lazy val root = (project in file(".")).enablePlugins(PlayScala)

scalaVersion := "2.11.1"

libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  jdbc,
  anorm,
  cache,
  ws
)

routesGenerator := InjectedRoutesGenerator  // doesn't work with 2.4.0-M1, need to build 2.4-SNAPSHOT