Call multiple classes with the same interface

Question

I have an interface like

public interface IAddressProvider
{
    string GetAddress(double lat, double long);
}

In my consuming class I wan

Answer 1

The fact that you have multiple address-providers is not something the calling code should have to deal with. So create a specific provider-proxy to handle with these multiple providers.

Like this.

public interface IAddressProvider {
    string GetAddress(double lat, double long);
}

public class AddressProviderProxy: IAddressProvider {
    public AddressProviderProxy(IAddressProvider[] providers) {
        _providers = providers; // TODO: Add a NULL guard
    }

    private readonly IAddressProvider[] _providers;

    string IAddressProvider.GetAddress(double lat, double long) {
        foreach (var provider in _providers) {
            string address = provider.GetAddress(lat, long);
            if (address != null)
                return address;
        }
        return null;
    }
}

// Wire up using DI
container.Register(
    () => new AddressProviderProxy(
        new IAddressProvider[3] {
            cachedAddressProvider,
            localDbAddressProvider,
            externalAddressProvider
        }
    )
);

// Use it
IAddressProvider provider = ...from the container, injected..
string address = provider.GetAddress(lat, long) ?? "no address found";