Question

I’d like to use the Caching Handler:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff648868.aspx

I may want to use some of the other features of the enterprise library, as well. Can someone point me to a reference to know the references I need to add or provide a heuristic for which modules to include?

Answer 1

The namespace is

using Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.PolicyInjection.CallHandlers;

For a discuss on the libraries required refer to the Developer’s Guide For Enterprise Library:

http://entlib.codeplex.com/releases/view/46741

Pages 16 and 17.

Assemblies and References
It’s not uncommon, when people first look at Enterprise Library, to see a look of mild panic spread
across their faces. Yes, there are quite a few assemblies, but remember:
 You only need to use those directly connected with your own scenario.
 Several are required for only very special situations.
 The runtime assemblies you will use in your applications are mostly less than 100 KB in size;
and the largest of all is only around 500 KB.
 In most applications, the total size of all the assemblies you will use will be between 1 and 2
MB.
Developer’s Guide to Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 (Release Candidate) 17
The assemblies you should add to any application that uses Enterprise Library are the common
(core) assembly, the Unity dependency injection mechanism (if you are using the default Unity
container), and the container service location assembly:
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common.dll
Microsoft.Practices.Unity.dll
Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Interception.dll
Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll