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Injecting runtime configuration #46

@PatrikBak

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@PatrikBak

My problem:

public class RuntimeConfiguration
{
    public int Number { get; set; }
}

public class DependencyOfDependency
{
    public DependencyOfDependency(RuntimeConfiguration test)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(test.Number);
    }
}

public class Dependency
{
    public Dependency(DependencyOfDependency d) { }
}

public interface IDependencyFactory
{
    Dependency Create(RuntimeConfiguration configuration);
}

var kernel = new StandardKernel(new FuncModule());
kernel.Bind<Dependency>().ToSelf();
kernel.Bind<DependencyOfDependency>().ToSelf();
kernel.Bind<IDependencyFactory>().ToFactory();
kernel.Get<IDependencyFactory>().Create(new RuntimeConfiguration { Number = 42 });

It prints 0 instead of 42.

My solution:

public class DependencyFactory : IDependencyFactory
{
    private readonly IKernel kernel;

    public DependencyFactory(IKernel kernel)
    {
        this.kernel = kernel;
    }

    public Dependency Create(RuntimeConfiguration configuration)
    {
        lock (kernel)
        {
            kernel.Bind<RuntimeConfiguration>().ToConstant(configuration);

            var result = kernel.Get<Dependency>();

            kernel.Unbind<RuntimeConfiguration>();

            return result;
        }
    }
}

kernel.Bind<IDependencyFactory>().To<DependencyFactory>();

Problems with this approach:

(1) It feels like an unnecessary hack.
(2) Possible performance issues due to locking.

I can't figure out a better solution though. Any advice?

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