Microsoft Unity- Issue With Resolve

Question

Hello,

I am looking to do this:

container.Resolve();

When it does this, its going to inject a IDependency into the underlying entity object. However, the dependency stored within the container requires an object of type DependencyValue, which is supplied a value from a DependencyFactory. So long story short, the issue I'm having is that I need to, when Unity creates the instance of class implementing IDependency, that I would be able to take over and insert a custom value not in the container.

Is that possible, or is my best bet to use RegisterInstance on the container and manually instantiate the objects? I prefer using the configuration file to store the mapping, and then add some logic for parameter instantiation. Is that what the ParameterOverrides is meant to do? Or do I need to add an extension for this, or what?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Hi,

What if you register an implementation of the DependencyFactory in the container (either through code or config) an resolve through its interface. Then you would get the DependencyFactory injected and simply request the necessary object from it.

Unlesss I'm understanding the scenario incorrectly, your class has a dependency, which is determined at runtime through a factory. As this is exactly what Unity does, you could use the correct instance registrations (for example using IDs) to use Unity as your DependencyFactory.

I hope this helps.

Thanks, Damian

Answer 2

Why don't you use the static factory extension?

var container = new UnityContainer();
container.AddNewExtension()
         .Configure()
         .RegisterFactory(container =>
                          DependencyFactory.GetValue());