How do I resolve Dependency Injection in MVC Filter attributes

Question

I have a custom attribute class derived from AuthorizationAttribute, which performs custom security on controller actions. The OnAuthorizationCore method depends on various othe

Answer 1

There's no straight-forward way to do this prior to MVC2. There is an interesting technique detailed here: http://www.mattlong.com.au/?p=154. I'd suggest using the Common Service Locator to abstract over this and locate your DI container.

If you're using MVC 3 then you can use MVC Service Location