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Asked: 2026-05-25T20:47:57+00:00

I want to register controllers programatically in Global.asax.cs . with MvcContrib.Castle.WindsorControllerFactory private static IWindsorContainer

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I want to register controllers programatically in Global.asax.cs.
with MvcContrib.Castle.WindsorControllerFactory

private static IWindsorContainer _Container;

protected virtual void InitializeWindsor()
        {
            try
            {
                if (_Container == null)
                {
                    _Container = new WindsorContainer();
                    ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(new MvcContrib.Castle.WindsorControllerFactory(_Container));

                    RegisterActiveRecord();
                    RegisterRepositories();
                    RegisterServices();  
                    RegisterControllers();
                    RegisterComponents();
                }

I have done it by

 private void RegisterControllers()
        {
            try
            {
                _Container.Register(
                    AllTypes.Of<IController>()
                    .FromAssembly(typeof(HomeController).Assembly)
                    .Configure(c => c.LifeStyle.Transient)
                    );

It works fine for all controllers with default constructors.
But, I have a controller (LoginController) with parameterzied construtor.

public class LoginController : Controller
    {
        private IUser _User;

        public LoginController(IUser objUser)
        {
            _User = objUser;
        }

When I tried to view it in browser (http://localhost:2011/Login), it gives me following error.

**No parameterless constructor defined for this object**
Stack Trace: 
[MissingMethodException: No parameterless constructor defined for this object.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache) +98
   System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache) +241
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +69
   System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type) +6
   System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +491

[InvalidOperationException: An error occurred when trying to create a controller of type 'NAATEELib.Controllers.LoginController'. Make sure that the controller has a parameterless public constructor.]
   System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.GetControllerInstance(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType) +628
   System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory.CreateController(RequestContext requestContext, String controllerName) +204

Please guide me. I do not want to modify .config (xml) files.
thanks.

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  1. Editorial Team

    It seems you forgot to use a Windsor controller factory (the stack trace shows DefaultControllerFactory).

    Take a look at this Windsor – ASP.NET MVC tutorial, in particular part 2.

    EDIT: OP edited the question, code is already using MvcContrib’s Windsor controller factory. Either the registrations are wrong (recommend using MvcContrib’s RegisterControllers) or the controller factory isn’t correctly installed.

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