> Mike Valenty

Console Application With IoC

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I like to think of the Main method in a Console application like the Global.asax. Its single responsibility is to wire-up things to be run in a console context. Each environment has unique configuration requirements. For example, when using NHiberate in a web application the lifetime of the ISession is attached to the HttpRequest, however in the context of a console application it may be a singleton or “per job” in a windows service. I like this:

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class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        using (var container = new UnityContainer())
        {
            container
                .AddExtension(new ConfigureForConsole(args))
                .Resolve<MyApplication>()
                .Execute();
        }
    }
}

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