How can I use Castle Windsor instead of this?

Question

I have a basic working knowledge of Castle Windsor, but I cannot figure out the DI equivalent of the below code ...

    private static DbModel BuildModel()
    {
        var builder = new ModelBuilder();
        var types = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes();

        foreach (var type in types)
        {
            if (type.Name.EndsWith("Configuration"))
            {
                var entityConfiguration = Activator.CreateInstance(type);
                var xx = entityConfiguration as StructuralTypeConfiguration;
                builder.Configurations.Add(xx);
            }
        }

        var model = builder.CreateModel();
        return model;
    }

This is intended to automatically load all the Configuration classes in a EF4 code first scenario.

Ideally I want it to pick up all classes in my assembly based on StructuralTypeConfiguration.

Am I barking up the wrong tree trying to use DI for this? If so, is there a better way of doing this than getting type names ending with "Configuration"?

Answer 1

Make ModelBuilder depend on collection of StructuralTypeConfiguration (you will need a CollectionResolver as well).

Register all StructuralTypeConfiguration implementations.

DbModel should be registered .UsingFactoryMethod(k=>k.Resolve<ModelBuilder>().CreateModel())