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Advanced StructureMap: Diagnosing problems

So you’ve set up StructureMap, got all your registries in a row, go to run the application, and you’re greeted by a rather unfortunate message: StructureMap.StructureMapException : StructureMap Exception Code: 202 No Default Instance defined for PluginFamily...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2010 11:21 PM by bogardj

Filed under: StructureMap

Advanced StructureMap: custom registration conventions for partially closed types

A while back, I highlighted an issue we ran into where I had basically partially closed generic types . A common pattern in message- and command-based architectures is the concept of a handler for a message: public interface IHandler <TEvent>...

Published Thu, Jan 01 2010 11:59 AM by bogardj

Filed under: StructureMap

Advanced StructureMap: connecting implementations to open generic types

One pattern we’re starting to see more and more is the idea of connecting messages to handlers. These messages might be domain command messages, ActionResult messages , and more. Beyond messaging implementations, we start to see a more basic...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2009 11:03 PM by bogardj

Filed under: StructureMap

How not to do Dependency Injection, in NerdDinner

Checking out the NerdDinner code the other day, I found a common Dependency Injection anti-pattern. One of the core concepts of DI is that components are not responsible for locating their own dependencies. The code went part of the way to...

Published Fri, Jul 07 2009 12:19 PM by bogardj

Filed under: Refactoring, ASP.NET MVC, StructureMap

Hail to the king, baby!

Looks like StructureMap 2.5 dropped this weekend. Which is nice, as we’ve been running off of the trunk for around six months. On a side note, I never really *openly* mocked the release as the Duke Nukem Forever release, just some friendly banter...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2008 6:36 AM by bogardj

Filed under: StructureMap

Integrating StructureMap and NHibernate with WCF

Following many examples I found online for other IoC containers, I borrowed utilized those designs to create a StructureMap instance provider . One problem we ran into with that design was dealing with NHibernate. Mainly, there are two types that are...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2008 3:47 PM by bogardj

Filed under: WCF, StructureMap, NHibernate

Some IoC Container guidelines

So Derick Bailey asked me the other day a few weeks ago to describe how we use our IoC container. I wouldn't call it "best practices", though some of these tips came from the creator of our container of choice, StructureMap (Jeremy Miller...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2008 8:10 AM by bogardj

Filed under: StructureMap

Building arrays in StructureMap 2.5

Although it was possible in previous versions of StructureMap, the new fluent interface for StructureMap configuration in version 2.5 allows easy configuration of array type constructor parameters. For example, consider a simple order processor pipeline...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2008 8:08 AM by bogardj

Filed under: StructureMap

Integrating StructureMap with WCF

When developing with an IoC container like StructureMap, eventually some place in your code you will need to call the registry to instantiate your classes with their dependencies. With StructureMap, this means a call to ObjectFactory.GetInstance. Ideally...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2008 10:44 PM by bogardj

Filed under: Tools, WCF, StructureMap

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Advanced StructureMap: Diagnosing problems

Advanced StructureMap: custom registration conventions for partially closed types

Advanced StructureMap: connecting implementations to open generic types

How not to do Dependency Injection, in NerdDinner

Hail to the king, baby!

Integrating StructureMap and NHibernate with WCF

Some IoC Container guidelines

Building arrays in StructureMap 2.5

Integrating StructureMap with WCF