Question

What Autofac version should I use for ASP.NET MVC 1.0. Also, What examples are available for using it with ASP.NET MVC using the repository pattern?

public class MyController : BaseController
{
    private readonly IUser _user;
    private readonly ICompany _company;

    public MyController(IUser user, ICompany company)
    {
        _user = user;
        _company = company;
    }

    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        // Actions
    }
}

Answer 1

I’ve decided to use StructureMap for my application. Here’s what I’ve did to make it work:

Create my own CustomFactory class:

public class StructureMapControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
    protected override IController GetControllerInstance(Type controllerType)
    {
        if (controllerType == null)
        {
            return base.GetControllerInstance(controllerType);
        }

        try
        {
            return ObjectFactory.GetInstance(controllerType) as Controller;
        }
        catch (StructureMapException ex)
        {
            throw;
        }
    }
}

Create a Bootstrapper, using the StructureMap convention to register all the interfaces and its implementation for my assembly. (I’ve posted a blog post on this):

public class StructureMapBootstrapper : IBootstrapper
{
    private static bool hasStarted;

    public void BootstrapStructureMap()
    {
        ObjectFactory.Initialize(x =>
        {
            x.AddRegistry<FactoryRegistry>();
        });
    }

    public static void Restart()
    {
        if (hasStarted)
        {
            ObjectFactory.ResetDefaults();
        }
        else
        {
            Bootstrap();
            hasStarted = true;
        }
    }

    public static void Bootstrap()
    {
        new StructureMapBootstrapper().BootstrapStructureMap();
    }
}

public class FactoryRegistry : Registry
{
    public FactoryRegistry()
    {
        Scan(s =>
        {
            s.Assembly("Calendar.Library");
            s.TheCallingAssembly();
            s.AddAllTypesOf<IController>().NameBy(type => type.Name.Replace("Controller", "").ToLower());
            s.WithDefaultConventions();
        });
    }
}

Register StructureMap in Global.asax.cs:

protected void Application_Start()
{
    StructureMapBootstrapper.Bootstrap();
    ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(new StructureMapControllerFactory());
}