asp.net mvc is not using the controller factory specified

Question

I am using ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 that is installed with VS2010 Beta 2. I am hooking up WindsorControllerFactory like so:

Container = new WindsorContainer();
Container.RegisterControllers(typeof(HomeController).Assembly);
ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(new WindsorControllerFactory(Container));

My HomeController has one dependency that is passed into the constructor, when running I am getting the following error:

No parameterless constructor defined for this object.

[MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for

this object.] System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +86 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +230 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +67 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) +6 System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +522

[InvalidOperationException: An error occurred when trying to create a

controller of type 'Xenotar.WedPlannerPro.Controllers.HomeController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.] System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +659 System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.CreateController(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName) +198 System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContextBase httpContext) +225 System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext httpContext) +86 System.Web.Mvc.MvcHandler.System.Web.IHttpHandler.ProcessRequest(HttpContext httpContext) +36 System.Web.CallHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +181 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +75

By looking at this stack trace it does not look like MVC is using the WindsorControllerFactory but instead it still uses the DefaultControllerFactory?

When doing this in MVC 1.0 it works.

SOLUTION

The MvcContrib is not compatible with ASP.NET MVC 2.

Answer 1

You should be able to modify MvcContrib to work with ASP.NET MVC 2. The code for controller registration is pretty minimal.