ForEvolve DependencyInjection

Asp.Net Core dependency injection utilities. This project aims at adding a few missing pieces to the Asp.Net Core container, without the need to replace it by a third-party.

What is supported:

• Contextual dependency injection
• Module-based dependency registration with auto-discovery

What I'd like to add:

• Automatic factory creation, based on interfaces

Bundles

The following packages are bundling multiple packages as convenience.

ForEvolve.DependencyInjection

Bundles containing the following packages:

• ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings
• ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.Modules

Install

dotnet add package ForEvolve.DependencyInjection

ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.AspNetCore

Bundles containing the following packages:

• ForEvolve.DependencyInjection
• ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings.AspNetCore

Install

dotnet add package ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.AspNetCore

Individual packages

ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings

The goal of the ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings library is to add support for contextual dependency injection to any application.

What is currently working:

• Transient contextual injection
• Scoped contextual injection
• Singleton contextual injection
• Contextual injection in MVC controllers
• Contextual object trees building

Install

dotnet add package ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings
# OR
dotnet add package ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings.AspNetCore

How to use

You can create simple contextual bindings like:

// Inject a LastNameGenerator instance into the INameGenerator parameter of FirstNameService
services
    .AddContextualBinding<IFirstNameService, FirstNameService>(d => d
        .WithConstructorArgument<INameGenerator, FirstNameGenerator>())
;
// Inject a LastNameGenerator instance into the INameGenerator parameter of LastNameService
services
    .AddContextualBinding<ILastNameService, LastNameService>(d => d
        .WithConstructorArgument<INameGenerator, LastNameGenerator>())
;
// Inject a FirstNameGenerator in the first INameGenerator parameter and
// inject a LastNameGenerator in the second INameGenerator parameter of FullNameGenerator.
services
    .AddContextualBinding<INameGenerator, FullNameGenerator>(d => d
        .WithConstructorArgument<INameGenerator, FirstNameGenerator>()
        .WithConstructorArgument<INameGenerator, LastNameGenerator>())
;

Or go for more complex object trees like this:

services
    .AddContextualBinding<IComplexObjectTreeService, ComplexObjectTreeService>(d =>
    {
        d.WithConstructorArgument<IDirectDependency, DirectDependency1>(d => d
            .WithConstructorArgument<ISubDependency1, SubDependency1_1>()
            .WithConstructorArgument<ISubDependency2, SubDependency2_1>()
            .WithConstructorArgument<ISubDependency3, SubDependency3_1>()
        );
        d.WithConstructorArgument<IDirectDependency, DirectDependency2>(d => d
            .WithConstructorArgument<ISubDependency1, SubDependency1_2>()
            .WithConstructorArgument<ISubDependency2, SubDependency2_2>()
            .WithConstructorArgument<ISubDependency3, SubDependency3_2>()
        );
    })
;

ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings.AspNetCore

The ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings.AspNetCore library adds support for contextual dependency injection into controller's constructors. It extend the capabilities of ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings. Under the hood, it decorates the default IControllerActivator by a custom implementation, loading conditional bindings when they exist and falling back to the default implementation when none does.

This project uses Scrutor to decorate the IControllerActivator.

Install

dotnet add package ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings.AspNetCore

How to use

To enable controller injection, you must register the IControllerActivator decorator by calling the WithContextualBindings() extension method on an IMvcBuilder, like this:

services
    .AddControllers()
    .WithContextualBindings();

Then you can use the capabilities of ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.ContextualBindings, but for controllers, like this:

services
    .AddContextualBinding<FirstController>(d => d
        .WithConstructorArgument<IService, Implementation1>())
    .AddContextualBinding<SecondController>(d => d
        .WithConstructorArgument<IService, Implementation2>())
;

ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.Modules

The goal of the ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.Modules library is to allow splitting DI bindings into modules and enabling auto-discovery of those modules.

Install

dotnet add package ForEvolve.DependencyInjection.Modules

How to use

To enable and scan for modules, use the following code:

services.AddDependencyInjectionModules(typeof(Program).Assembly);
// OR
services.AddDependencyInjectionModules(typeof(AnyClassThatIsPartOfTheAssemblyThatYouWantToScan).Assembly, typeof(ClassFromAnotherAssembly).Assembly);

To create a module you can implement IDependencyInjectionModule or inherit from DependencyInjectionModule. You can inject any dependencies that you want in your constructor, as long as you defined them (see bellow). Once you have a class, register your dependencies, like this:

public class SomeImportantDIModule : DependencyInjectionModule
{
    public ContextualServiceInjectionModule(IServiceCollection services)
        : base(services)
    {
        services.AddSingleton<ISomeService, SomeImplementation>();
        services
            .AddContextualBinding<FirstController>(d => d
                .WithConstructorArgument<IService, Implementation1>())
        ;
        // ...
    }
}

You can also register custom dependencies that can be injected in your modules like this:

services
    .AddDependencyInjectionModules(initialize: false)
    .ScanAssemblies(typeof(Program).Assembly)
    .UseConfiguration(configuration)
    .ConfigureServices(services => services.TryAddSingleton<ISomeInterface, SomeImplementation>())
    .Initialize()
;
// ...
public class SomeOtherModule : DependencyInjectionModule
{
    public ContextualServiceInjectionModule(IServiceCollection services, ISomeInterface someInterface)
        : base(services)
    {
        // You can now use `someInterface` to do something...
    }
}

The dependencies are only used during the registration process, are only added to a private IServiceCollection, and are not added to the application IServiceCollection. Use these only to initialize modules.

As long as the assembly containing the modules are scanned, you can split your bindings as you want and you don't need to do anything else.

Future

AutoFactory

The work on this project is not yet started

The goal of this library is to generate factories automatically, based on an interface. For example, the idea would be to implement the following interface automatically.

public interface IFactory
{
    IService CreateService();
}

The initial implementation would be a simple service locator, that gets IService from the container. The design may change along the way to support more complex scenarios.

Found a bug or have a feature request?

Please open an issue and be as clear as possible; see How to contribute? for more information.

How to contribute?

If you would like to contribute to the project, first, thank you for your interest, and please read Contributing to ForEvolve open source projects for more information.

Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct

Also, please read the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct that applies to all ForEvolve repositories.