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Windsor MixIn is a Singleton?


I have a MixIn that requires some state to operate.

I am registering it as so..

    container.Register(Component.For(Of ICat) _
                        .ImplementedBy(Of Cat) _
                        .LifeStyle.Transient _
                        .Proxy.MixIns(New MyMixin()))

When I call container.Resolve(of ICat), I get back a proxy for ICat, which also implements IMixin.

However, if I call container.Resolve(of ICat) again, I get a new proxy for ICat, but MyMixin is the SAME instance. (Which makes sense because I didn't tell the container any way to create IMixin)

So, IMixin is a Singleton, even though the Component's lifestyle is Transient.

How can I tell Windsor, though the Fluent Interface, to create a new Instance of MyMixIn for the component?


Solution

  • I think I resolved this.

    Instead of using Proxy.Mixins, I created a custom Activator()

    Public Class MixInActivator(Of T)
       Inherits Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.DefaultComponentActivator
    
      Public Sub New(ByVal model As Castle.Core.ComponentModel, ByVal kernel As Castle.MicroKernel.IKernel, ByVal OnCreation As Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentInstanceDelegate, ByVal OnDestruction As Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentInstanceDelegate)
        MyBase.New(model, kernel, OnCreation, OnDestruction)
      End Sub
    
      Protected Overrides Function InternalCreate(ByVal context As Castle.MicroKernel.CreationContext) As Object
    
        Dim obj As Object = MyBase.InternalCreate(context)
        If GetType(T).IsAssignableFrom(obj.GetType) = False Then
            Dim options As New Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerationOptions
            Dim gen As New Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator
            options.AddMixinInstance(Kernel.Resolve(Of T))
            obj = gen.CreateInterfaceProxyWithTarget(Model.Service, obj, options)
        End If
        Return obj
     End Function
    End Class
    

    So now, the component is registered like this

     container.Register(Component.For(Of ICat) _
                         .ImplementedBy(Of Cat) _
                         .LifeStyle.Is(Castle.Core.LifestyleType.Transient) _
                         .Activator(Of MixInActivator(Of IMixin)))
    

    And IMixin is registered as follows

    container.Register(Component.For(Of IMixin) _
                           .ImplementedBy(Of MyMixin) _
                           .LifeStyle.Is(Castle.Core.LifestyleType.Transient) _
                           .Named("MyMixin"))