IOC on IValidationDictionary with Castle Windsor

Question

I\'m new to Castle Windsor and am just using the latest version. I\'ve created entries for my repositories which are working fine but I have one final dependency that I\'m passi

Answer 1

You're doing it wrong, and your wrongdoing has nothing to do with the container you're using.

Just do it like this, if you absolutely need to:

public AccountController(IValidationService service)
{
    _validationService = service;
    _memSvc = new MembershipService(_validationService); 
}

then as you're registering your component, use an OnCreate method:

container.Register(
   Component.For<AccountController>()
   .WheveverEleseYouNeedHere()
   .OnCreate((k, controller) => 
      controller.ValidationService.Init(controller.ModelState)));

Answer 2

It seems like you have a circular dependency (never a good thing). You can get around it by using an Abstract Factory as described in this very similar question.

However, although you may be able to solve the problem like this, it would be better to redesign the API to make the circular dependency go away. Circular dependencies often indicate a design flaw.