Question

I wanted to use the fluent interface in Castle Windsor. Since this isn’t available in the “release” binaries for .NET 2.0 I compiled from trunk, which is reported to be fairly stable. I compiled just:

• Castle.Core.dll
• Castle.DynamicProxy.dll
• Castle.MicroKernel.dll
• Castle.Windsor.dll

This should be all that is necessary for what I need it for but things aren’t working as expected. I have an assembly collection which I iterate through and attempt to load all types contained within each assembly using the following code:

var container= new WindsorContainer();
foreach (var assembly in _assemblies)
{
    container.Register(AllTypes.FromAssembly(assembly));
} 

I stepped through the code with a debugger. _assemblies has 2 assemblies in it. Each assembly has numerous types defined in it. The loop iterates twice without error but when it completes container is still empty.

Update:
A little clarification. The latest binaries do have the fluent interface, however they target the .NET 3.5 framework. I am working with .NET 2.0. The latest binary release to support .NET 2.0 was RC3.

Answer 1

The Register(AllTypes… syntax is only the start – you have to tell Windsor what it is that you want to register.

For example to get all Controllers:

container.Register(AllTypes
         .FromAssemblyContaining(representativeControllerType)
         .BasedOn<Controller>()
         .Configure(reg => reg
             .LifeStyle.PerWebRequest));

Here’s another example that registers by following the convention that all classes whose name ends in ‘Service’ should be registered:

container.Register(AllTypes
        .FromAssemblyContaining<ConfigurationService>()
        .Where(t => t.Name.EndsWith("Service", StringComparison.Ordinal))
        .WithService.FirstInterface()
        .Configure(reg => reg.LifeStyle.PerWebRequest));

If you truly want to register all types, you could write a Where clause that always returns true.

By default, Windsor doesn’t auto-resolve concrete types.

For more information about fluent registration API read the documentation.