By tag: MEF
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Addicted To MEF - Part 2
Tutorial which goes over how to dynamically load exports from a "plugins" folder with preview 3 of the Managed Extensibility Framework.
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MEF + Factories Using an Export Provider
Taking a different approach to resolving factory exports within MEF by using an ExportProvider (new in preview 3 drop) over using a part catalog. This approach ultimately leads to a cleaner and simpler solution.
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MEF + Factories
Lately I've been really digging into MEF and have been looking at it's pros & cons, ease of use, extensibility, and the simple DI container that it can provide. I'm not going to give an overview of MEF, as others have done so already. What I am here to show off is a concept that may prove useful...
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MEF + Factories
Creation of a FactoryPartCatalog using MEF so that you can have DI like constructor injection with type construction strategies using a factory.
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Addicted To MEF - Part 1
A quick look at the basic features of the Preview 3 of the Managed Extensibility Framework.
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What is this Managed Extensibility Framework thing all about ?
Another IoC Container From Microsoft ? Add-in Framework ? What the heck is it ? Sidar tries to answer.
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Avoid the Managed Extensibility Framework
As a .NET developer, you should avoid using the newly released Managed Extensibility Framework as its license prevents its use beyond the Windows platform. This will prevent your .NET software from running on Linux or MacOS in the future.
Luckily, there is a cross platform solution available toda...
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Building a Configuration Binder for MEF with POCO Support
MEF doesn't support POCO injection and XML Configuration off the shelf. Sidar implements an XML congiguration binding mechanism on top of MEF, and the article gives an insight about what to expect from MEF Extensibility models in detail.
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Building A Fluent Interface for MEF
Lately I've been digging more and more into the first CTP of the Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) coming out of Krzysztof Cwalina's team here at Microsoft. By default, a developer needs to sprinkle Export and Import attributes in their classes at the point they are needing something to be injec...
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Exploring MEF Extensibility Points
The ways of extending Managed Extensibility Framework is discussed in this post, Custom Binders and Value Resolvers dug deeper.
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Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) at a Glance
A Hands-On overview to Dependency Injection Managed Extensibility Framework and the first CTP.
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Managed Extensibility Framework Preview Available
The MEF provides developers with a framework to easily add extensibility to their applications and with minimal impact on existing code. The application developer can define extension points according to the functionality required of an extension, while the extension developer uses those points to i...