VS MEF
Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) implementation used by Visual Studio (by microsoft)
Simple Injector
An easy, flexible, and fast Dependency Injection library that promotes best practice to steer developers towards the pit of success. (by simpleinjector)
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9.3 | 5.8 | |
7 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
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MIT License | MIT License |
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.NET Core plugin system
This is good info! I had not heard of MEF being split up like this. Looks like there's a full explanation of everything here: https://github.com/microsoft/vs-mef/blob/main/doc/mef_library_differences.md
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Modular Dependency Injection in .NET
When I was building application with .NET Framework I always used libraries like Autofac and SimpleInjector for dependency injection. I really liked to create modules (Packages in SimpleInjector) to achieve higher cohesion and lower coupling in my class libraries. I made a module for every class library in which all dependencies inside of that class library were registered. Why should my web application (for example) know if MyBeautifulService in MyBeautifulClassLibrary should be transient or singleton?
- How to do dependency injection based on HttpContext values?
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Chicken and Egg problem - being able to overwrite the config file and the class it instantiates
You can use SimpleInjector library to do that. Link: https://github.com/simpleinjector/SimpleInjector
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Does anybody has a recommended resource about Dependency Injection?
My favorite DI container is LightInject. Very fast and has all the features that I need. Other good DI containers are Grace and SimpleInjector, IMO.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing VS MEF and Simple Injector you can also consider the following projects:
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
Autofac - An addictive .NET IoC container
DryIoc - DryIoc is fast, small, full-featured IoC Container for .NET
Unity - This repository contains all relevant information about Unity Container suit
Castle Windsor - Castle Windsor is a best of breed, mature Inversion of Control container available for .NET
Ninject - the ninja of .net dependency injectors
StructureMap - A Dependency Injection/Inversion of Control tool for .NET
Scrutor - Assembly scanning and decoration extensions for Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
LightInject - An ultra lightweight IoC container
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