inversion-of-control

Abstract factory pattern on top of IoC?

July 24, 2023 by Tarik

As you have already figured out, Dependency Injection (DI) itself is only a collection of patterns and techniques. At the root of the application we wire up all necessary object graphs. This place is called the Composition Root, and we can use a DI Container to do this wiring for us, or we can do … Read more

MEF vs. any IoC

March 7, 2023 by Tarik

When boiled down, the main difference is that IoC containers are generally most useful with static dependencies (known at compile-time), and MEF is generally most useful with dynamic dependencies (known only at run-time). As such, they are both composition engines, but the emphasis is very different for each pattern. Design decisions thus vary wildly, as … Read more