I'm developing an asp.net core 3.1 webapi application and i'm using Autofac as DI container. For one particular case i cannot use ConstructorInjection nor propertyinjection nor methodinjection. My only way is to implement a sort of ServiceLocator pattern with the support of Autofac.
*I known that the service locator is an antipattern, but i will use that only if it will be the only chance *
Said that, I create a little static class :
public static class ServiceLocator
{
private static XXXX Resolver;
public static T Resolve<T>()
{
return Resolver.Resolve<T>();
}
public static void SetCurrentResolver(XXXX resolver)
{
Resolver = resolver;
}
}
I write XXXX on the type of Resolver property because i don't know which is the Autofac class to use. The method SetCurrentResolver will be called in the Configure method of Startup.cs
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IWebHostEnvironment env, ILifetimeScope serviceProvider)
{
//OTHER STUFF NOT RELATED HERE
ServiceLocator.SetCurrentResolver(serviceProvider);
}
I tried to pass the instance of ILifetimeScope but when i use it later in the service locator it will be Disposed and then not work. I thinked to pass an IContainer object but i'm not able to retrieve an instance in Startup.cs (neither in the Configure method nor in the ConfigureContainer)
I Report the ConfigureContainer method for completion
public void ConfigureContainer(ContainerBuilder builder)
{
//first register the dependency for WebApi Project
builder.RegisterType<HttpContextUserService>().As<IUserService>().SingleInstance();
//and then register the dependency for all other project
var appConfiguration = new AppConfiguration();
Configuration.GetSection("Application").Bind(appConfiguration);
builder.RegisterInstance(appConfiguration).SingleInstance();
builder.RegisterModule(new DependencyInjectionBootstrapper(appConfiguration));
}
Anyone can help me with this problem?
Thanks
This is actually answered in the Autofac docs if you look at the example.
Here are the relevant bits.
public class Startup
{
public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
{
// Body omitted for brevity.
}
public ILifetimeScope AutofacContainer { get; private set; }
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
// Body omitted for brevity.
}
public void ConfigureContainer(ContainerBuilder builder)
{
// Body omitted for brevity.
}
public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app)
{
// If, for some reason, you need a reference to the built container, you
// can use the convenience extension method GetAutofacRoot.
// THIS IS WHERE YOU'D SET YOUR SERVICE LOCATOR.
this.AutofacContainer = app.ApplicationServices.GetAutofacRoot();
}
}