Category Archives: IoC

Java IoC containers and classpath scanning (or what I’ve been looking for from .NET for months)

Posted on September 19, 2010 by Ryan Svihla

Frustrated with the typical way I saw IoC used in Java where every example I found involved thousands of lines of XML and/or Java code to configure Java beans or components.  This is very different than IoC typically used in … Continue reading →

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Contextual Awareness – Making your container behave intelligently

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Marcus Bratton

Containers are dumb – what if they were smart? One of the things I really wanted to do when I set out to create the ServiceLocator in Siege.Requisitions was to create a container that could map an interface to multiple … Continue reading →

Also posted in .NET, Misc | 2 Comments

Dependency Injection into Controller Actions in ASP.NET MVC

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Marcus Bratton

  Dependency Injection into Controller Actions in ASP.NET MVC Where I work, we use Siege for all of our new (and most of our existing) web applications, taking advantage of it’s contextual resolution capabilities to focus on programming our applications … Continue reading →

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Boiling the Ocean [Siege Update]

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Marcus Bratton

It’s been several months since I’ve posted an update on Siege.ServiceLocation. I’ve not been dormant over these last few months, but rather very active. I have a few updates I want to share with you guys. These have been a … Continue reading →

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A philosophical discussion about Inversion of Control frameworks

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Marcus Bratton

I had a short conversation with Chad Myers today over twitter (a very challenging medium to have a conversation of any substance over, and frustrating). Basically, it was about my effort with Siege.ServiceLocation. I thought I would clear up some … Continue reading →

Also posted in Misc, SQL is evil | 34 Comments

Introducing Siege.ServiceLocation.Extensions: FactoryMethod Support, Dependency Resolution based on type injected into added

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Marcus Bratton

Introduction For anyone wanting to follow The Siege Project, I routinely post updates on twitter (MarcusTheBold). Feel free to follow. I did some refactoring and clean up. I’ll address the specifics in a moment. First, I’ll list the files for … Continue reading →

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Added support for Unity, Autofac to Siege.ServiceLocation

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Marcus Bratton

…plus, some other house-cleaning items. Last night I put together adapters for Autofac and Unity. The process turned out to be rather straightforward; I think all told for both it took me about an hour from adding the projects to … Continue reading →

Also posted in CodingDojo, Programming, TDD | 15 Comments

The Siege Project: Siege.ServiceLocation Part 5 – A guide to getting started with Siege.ServiceLocation

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Marcus Bratton

The Siege Project Introduction Siege.ServiceLocation Part 1 – Introduction and General Use Siege.ServiceLocation Part 2 – Contextual Registration and Resolution Siege.ServiceLocation Part 3 – Extending the container with custom use cases Siege.ServiceLocation Part 4 – Integrating Siege.ServiceLocation with ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading →

Also posted in Principles | 6 Comments

The Siege Project: Siege.ServiceLocation, Part 4 – Integrating Siege.ServiceLocation with ASP.NET MVC

Posted on December 18, 2009 by Marcus Bratton

The Siege Project Introduction Siege.ServiceLocation Part 1 – Introduction and General Use Siege.ServiceLocation Part 2 – Contextual Registration and Resolution Siege.ServiceLocation Part 3 – Extending the container with custom use cases Siege.ServiceLocation Part 4 – Integrating Siege.ServiceLocation with ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading →

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The Siege Project: Siege.ServiceLocation, Part 3 – Extending the container with custom use cases

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Marcus Bratton

The Siege Project Introduction Siege.ServiceLocation Part 1 – Introduction and General Use Siege.ServiceLocation Part 2 – Contextual Registration and Resolution Siege.ServiceLocation Part 3 – Extending the container with custom use cases Siege.ServiceLocation Part 4 – Integrating Siege.ServiceLocation with ASP.NET MVC … Continue reading →

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