How do forwarding types apply to IoC?

Question

I'm still learning Castle Windsor and I see that it supports forwarded types - a term I was unfamiliar with.

Quick Google search and I found this article that explains it pretty throughly however I still don't understand how this applies to IoC or how I would use them from a container and for what reason.

Can anyone explain?

Answer 1

Type forwarding is a way to move type from one assembly to another without introducing breaking changes it has nothing to do with IoC. So you should not worry about this feature :)

Answer 2

Oh man, just did a google search on 'Castle Windsor "Forwarded Types"' and got redirected right back to SO:

Using Castle Windsor configuration files is it possible to delegate to another item declaration?

and from there:

What are “ForwardedTypes” in the context of Castle Windsor component registration?

Maybe Jeff and the team should just give up on trying to have their own search and use google's.