From 04c229be7ed3a600d52f403193300af55d5427c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Samuel HULTGREN <samuel.hultgren@st.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 19:59:33 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Instantiate the returned FileSystem object for the frontend
 binding

Fixes issue #8497

Signed-off-by: Samuel HULTGREN <samuel.hultgren@st.com>
---
 CHANGELOG.md                                                  | 1 +
 packages/filesystem/src/browser/filesystem-frontend-module.ts | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 19c53c01c841c..f429da377be4e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ## v1.6.0
 
 - [core] added functionality for handling context menu for `tab-bars` without activating the shell tab-bar [#6965](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/6965)
+- [filesystem] fixed issue for the deprecated `FileSystem` where the incorrect thing was injected [#8507](https://github.com/eclipse-theia/theia/pull/8507)
 
 <a name="breaking_changes_1.6.0">[Breaking Changes:](#breaking_changes_1.6.0)</a>
 
diff --git a/packages/filesystem/src/browser/filesystem-frontend-module.ts b/packages/filesystem/src/browser/filesystem-frontend-module.ts
index 18421a2bcc907..cc8516d077ed5 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem/src/browser/filesystem-frontend-module.ts
+++ b/packages/filesystem/src/browser/filesystem-frontend-module.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export default new ContainerModule(bind => {
             }
             throw error;
         };
-        return class implements FileSystem {
+        return new class implements FileSystem {
             async getFileStat(uri: string): Promise<FileStat | undefined> {
                 try {
                     const stat = await fileService.resolve(new URI(uri), { resolveMetadata: true });