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Castle Windsor IoC Container setup for ASP.NET MVC

Castle Windsor IoC Container setup for ASP.NET MVC

  1. Create the following folder structure and files:

-- MyApp.Web (The MVC project)
---- PresentationLogic (folder)
------ Container (folder)
-------- BusinessLogicInstaller.cs
-------- ControllersInstaller.cs
-------- IocContainer.cs
-------- WindsorControllerFactory.cs

  1. Add the contents of each file in this Gist to your app. Rename namespace to fit to your application.

  2. Call IocContainer.Setup from Global.asax.cs. Example shown in this Gist.

That's it!

using Castle.MicroKernel.Registration;
using Castle.MicroKernel.SubSystems.Configuration;
using Castle.Windsor;
using MyApp.BusinessLogic.Facades;
namespace MyApp.Web.PresentationLogic.Container
{
public class BusinessLogicInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(Component.For<IProductBusinessFacade>().ImplementedBy<ProductBusinessFacade>());
}
}
}
using Castle.MicroKernel.Registration;
using Castle.MicroKernel.SubSystems.Configuration;
using Castle.Windsor;
namespace MyApp.Web.PresentationLogic.Container
{
public class ControllersInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(AllTypes.FromThisAssembly()
.Pick().If(t => t.Name.EndsWith("Controller"))
.Configure(configurer => configurer.Named(configurer.Implementation.Name))
.LifestylePerWebRequest());
}
}
}
void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
// Add this line to Application_Start in Global.asax.cs to setup the IoC Container.
IocContainer.Setup();
}
using System.Web.Mvc;
using Castle.Windsor;
using Castle.Windsor.Installer;
namespace MyApp.Web.PresentationLogic.Container
{
public static class IocContainer
{
private static IWindsorContainer _container;
public static void Setup()
{
_container = new WindsorContainer().Install(FromAssembly.This());
WindsorControllerFactory controllerFactory = new WindsorControllerFactory(_container.Kernel);
ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(controllerFactory);
}
}
}
using System;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using Castle.MicroKernel;
namespace MyApp.Web.PresentationLogic.Container
{
public class WindsorControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
private readonly IKernel _kernel;
public WindsorControllerFactory(IKernel kernel)
{
this._kernel = kernel;
}
public override void ReleaseController(IController controller)
{
_kernel.ReleaseComponent(controller);
}
protected override IController GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
{
if (controllerType == null)
{
throw new HttpException(404, string.Format("The controller for path '{0}' could not be found.", requestContext.HttpContext.Request.Path));
}
return (IController)_kernel.Resolve(controllerType);
}
}
}
@jimy20
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jimy20 commented Apr 13, 2017

it is a very useful documentation of how to setup windsor IOC

@Leandro-Sousa
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Thank's! It's so very useful to me.

@obegendi
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why not transient life time for controller? Is it better usage for perwebrequest? I'm not quite sure for this.

@devairr
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devairr commented Sep 29, 2018

Thanks!

@rbforee
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rbforee commented Jun 17, 2019

I am having a problem in the ControllersInstaller with "AllTypes" not existing in the current context. Am i missing something?

using Castle.MicroKernel.Registration;
using Castle.MicroKernel.SubSystems.Configuration;
using Castle.Windsor;

namespace Kinetic.Web.Container
{
public class ControllersInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(AllTypes.FromThisAssembly()
.Pick().If(t => t.Name.EndsWith("Controller"))
.Configure(configurer => configurer.Named(configurer.Implementation.Name))
.LifestylePerWebRequest());
}
}
}

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