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Introduction to Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control

by DotNetSteve

A gentle introduction for DI and IOC in the first program most of us have written - Hello World

Dependency Injection to The Core

by Fiyaz Hasan

Learn how dependency injection mechanism has evolved from ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core

Enhanced C# IHostBuilder/IHost and Dependency Injection Resolver Libraries

by Mark Olbert

An Autofac-based chained/declarative approach to creating an IHostBuilder/IHost and a generalized dependency injection resolver

Send a Success Message to a View using TempData

by levelnis

Send a success message to a View using TempData

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Enhanced C# IHostBuilder/IHost and Dependency Injection Resolver Libraries

by Mark Olbert

An Autofac-based chained/declarative approach to creating an IHostBuilder/IHost and a generalized dependency injection resolver

Dependency Injection Pattern in C# – Short Tutorial

by Mark Pelf

We explain DI Pattern, DIP, IoC, DI Container

O-Data Rest API in .NET with Entity Framework and AutoFac

by Sunny Makode

This is an introductory article about creating an Odata Rest API in collaboration with Entity Framework. We are also going to use Autofac as our IOC container. Also, Repository and Unit of Work pattern will be used for cleaner access of persistence model through our ORM (Entity Framework).

Dependency Injection in "WCF Service Library" Project with Self hosting

by Sunny Makode

There are several contents available on the internet that talk about injecting dependencies through .svc file's markup [in WCF service application] and it's easy when you have a WCF service application. But, it is equally easy to do that even in your WCF Library project (without .svc).

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Introduction to Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control

26 Feb 2016 by DotNetSteve

A gentle introduction for DI and IOC in the first program most of us have written - Hello World

Dependency Injection to The Core

28 Dec 2016 by Fiyaz Hasan

Learn how dependency injection mechanism has evolved from ASP.NET to ASP.NET Core

Enhanced C# IHostBuilder/IHost and Dependency Injection Resolver Libraries

8 Jan 2023 by Mark Olbert

An Autofac-based chained/declarative approach to creating an IHostBuilder/IHost and a generalized dependency injection resolver

Send a Success Message to a View using TempData

4 Jan 2016 by levelnis

Send a success message to a View using TempData

Build an Employee Tracker with AngularJS and Web API – Part 1

31 Jan 2017 by Cathy Wun

This is the first part of Building an Employee Tracker using AngularJS and ASP.NET Web API Series.

O-Data Rest API in .NET with Entity Framework and AutoFac

8 Dec 2019 by Sunny Makode

This is an introductory article about creating an Odata Rest API in collaboration with Entity Framework. We are also going to use Autofac as our IOC container. Also, Repository and Unit of Work pattern will be used for cleaner access of persistence model through our ORM (Entity Framework).

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Using NServiceBus in Azure Service Fabric

6 Jun 2018 by Gunnar S

Third article in a series of three regarding NServiceBus, WebAPI and Azure Service Fabric

Dependency Injection in "WCF Service Library" Project with Self hosting

30 Jul 2019 by Sunny Makode

There are several contents available on the internet that talk about injecting dependencies through .svc file's markup [in WCF service application] and it's easy when you have a WCF service application. But, it is equally easy to do that even in your WCF Library project (without .svc).

IoC: Registering objects/interfaces retrieved by reflection

16 Jan 2014 by koleraba

HiI have a problem which I am not quite sure how to handle. When my application starts, I need to read the configuration file and - based on the data read from the file construct some objects. The objects are constructed using reflection - I look for a most suitable constructor and invoke...

IoC: Registering objects/interfaces retrieved by reflection

18 Jan 2014 by koleraba

Sorry for the lame question. The solution is obvious but I somehow missed it. To register all interfaces implemented by some instance all one has to do is:builder.RegisterInstance(instance).AsImplementedInterfaces();

Where to declare my Autofac modules in my modular framework?

13 Jun 2014 by ShacharK

Hey,I have a general framework which contains a lot of assemblies, some are common, some are designed for Server applications, and some for Client applications (Each feature has a base-line library while any application-type-specific extensions are defined in a different assembly). I'm...

How to get rid of Autofac error?

3 Sep 2014 by Tesic Goran

We have ASP.NET application where we use Autofac DI framework. The following error comes up:None of the constructors found with 'Autofac.Core.Activators.Reflection.DefaultConstructorFinder' on type 'ConcertRu.ApplicationsCore.Services.SessionWebAppService' can be invoked with the available...

How to implement an pluggable mvc application with MEF & Autofac

29 Sep 2014 by Kurlyan

First thing's first, English is not my language, please forget my language mistakes.My idea:- How to separate business logic & ui to multi dll- How to plug/unplug application plugin when host application is running- How to Building some share dll for (Script, UI control, css)So,...

How to implement an pluggable mvc application with MEF & Autofac

29 Sep 2014 by Nelek

Step 1) Do a little research. Google is a good start pointStep 2) Start codingStep 3) Compile and use the debug to solve little issuesStep 4) When you get a problem you don't know how to solve but at least you tried it, then come back and ask for something concrete with a snippet of the...

Why Do I Need Re-Registration Of Types After Adding Registrations To A Liftetime Scope In Autofac?

21 Oct 2015 by Jonas Wikström

HelloI have a type registered as IServiceA. The type is dependent upon another service IServiceB in its constructor. Both types registered using Autofac something like this: public static void Configure(ContainerBuilder builder) { ...

Trust level issue with autofac

27 Aug 2018 by Member 13953081

Autofac IOC always create problem at production server / hosting in Asp.Net Web Site (c#) How to resolve this issue, without changing Trust level? Inheritance security rules violated while overriding member: 'Autofac.Integration.Mvc.AutofacDependencyResolver.GetService(System.Type)'. Security...

Resolving singleton objects in dependency injection using autofac inside custom authorize attribute

19 Sep 2018 by sai sruthi

Hi, I have a doubt. I have a singleton object of an interface defined in the Autofac container. I use this object across my solution. I need to access the interface inside custom authorize attribute and I need to resolve the dependency. What I have tried: I have tried sending it through...

Autofac issue in resolving the named/typed parameter

23 Aug 2019 by ravithejag

I want to pass an extra parameter while resolving the dependencies based on the type. please have a look into my code changes private readonly Func _strategyFactory; calling the stratergy pattern to resolve the dependencies based on the Type. return _strategyFactory(...

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Dynamically configure dependecy injection in net6 using an external file

3 Sep 2022 by Magnus Sydoff

Hello all, I have used Autofac to write a Console application in Net6 for Windows, Ubuntu and Raspberry. I have managed to wire up my dependencies using an external json file for Autofac as shown below. protected override void...

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Dynamically configure dependecy injection in net6 using an external file

3 Sep 2022 by TimWallace

You could register factories instead of classes with the DI container. Then have the factories create the instance(s) from config file settings.

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Dynamically configure dependecy injection in net6 using an external file

3 Sep 2022 by Magnus Sydoff

In order to solve the problem I finally ending up writing something like the code below. First some module definitions public static string ModulesFolderName = "Modules"; public interface IModuleDataConfiguration { ...

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IoC in ASP.NET MVC using Autofac

18 Aug 2014 by Sul Aga

Using Autofac IoC container in MVC application to resolve dependencies. Scenarios included: controller, custom filter and view dependency injection

Dependency Injection Pattern in C# – Short Tutorial

9 Aug 2022 by Mark Pelf

We explain DI Pattern, DIP, IoC, DI Container

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AutoMapper 4.2.1

18 Jun 2016 by saurabhsharmacs

Migration to AutoMapper 4.2.1

Dependency Injection in ASP.NET Web API using Autofac via Attributes and Reflection

15 Aug 2017 by Vaibhav M Nalwad

Resolving Dependencies via Attributes and Reflection

Help! Can install and start windows server on local machine but fails on server

28 Apr 2021 by easpc

I created a windows service with topshelf, mailkit and autofac nuget packages, I followed the topshelf documentation and can debug and install the service flawlesly on my local machine, but when I start to install as a service it on a windows...

Help! Can install and start windows server on local machine but fails on server

28 Apr 2021 by easpc

Thank you Richard! Fortunately it was not that, here is the solution. I copied the entire bin/release folder from my developer machine to the server and then I installed the service.exe.