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Introducing the LinFu Framework, Part IV: Simple.IOC – The Five Minute Inversion of Control Container

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15 Nov 2007LGPL312 min read 74.6K   626   41  
A fully functional, yet minimalistic inversion of control container
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Text;

namespace Simple.IoC.Loaders
{
    public class CustomFactoryLoader : BaseFactoryLoader
    {
        protected override object CreateFactory(Type factoryType, Type implementingType, Type serviceType)
        {
            return Activator.CreateInstance(implementingType);
        }

        protected override bool CanLoad(Type loadedType)
        {
            if (!loadedType.IsDefined(typeof(FactoryAttribute), true))
                return false;

            if (loadedType.IsAbstract || loadedType.IsInterface || !loadedType.IsClass)
                return false;

            return true;
        }

        protected override IEnumerable<Type> GetItemTypes(Type loadedType)
        {
            List<Type> results = new List<Type>();
            foreach (object currentAttribute in loadedType.GetCustomAttributes(true))
            {
                if (!(currentAttribute is FactoryAttribute))
                    continue;

                FactoryAttribute attribute = currentAttribute as FactoryAttribute;

                results.Add(attribute.InstanceType);
            }

            return results; 
        }
    }
}

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