Brad Wilson suggests this (http://bradwilson.typepad.com/blog/2010/07/service-location-pt1-introduction.html#comment-6a00e54fbd8c498834013485c687f2970c):
“depending on the context of the request, you could write a CSL implementation that is context aware and can automatically spin up nested containers based on the context. For example, if your strategy was to spin up a nested container per request, your CSL implementation could do that on your behalf, and work alongside an HTTP module which automatically cleaned up those containers when the request went out of scope. You’d still get your per-request containers while supporting the CSL.”

Do you have any thoughts on how I might go about this with StructureMap, or if it’s even a desirable course of action in the first place?

Whoops, just an oversight that I left that out:

private static readonly object _nestedContainerKey = new object();

Just a private field in the controller factory.

@Maxime

I’ve never developed/shipped an app with FubuMVC, but I have with MVC, so I can’t really talk about Fubu other than I really like what I see and I steal ideas on a regular basis. My suggestion would be to spike out a solution with Fubu and ASP.NET MVC 2, and see which one suits you better. After that, it’s really just up to you and your team’s comfort level on OSS.

Speaking of FubuMVC, would you suggest it over ASP.NET MVC if a project has carte blanche and why? I know it is more flexible right now but don’t you think that, in the end, a side project like FubuMVC would get less functionalities knowing the different resources (team size, money…)

Maxime

Sorry if this is too newbie, but where do you get _nestedContainerKey from?

Thanks.

I could use this approach within a HTTP module (FubuMVC is much better!) between the beginning and end of the web request, so I guarantee the atomicity of the request.

If a dependency 5 levels deep is contextual and the rest are not, it resolves all with the default and the contextual dependency is correctly resolved. No need for code like this …

Not intending to hijack, just pointing out a different approach.

Yep, you sure can. The only other issue is that many, many other services used by MVC are still all service-located or hard-coded, so your job becomes more difficult vs. other frameworks (like FubuMVC).

you can use this pattern for inject a UnitOfWork into controller and our related services?

thx!