I am studying Chapter 8 at the moment and am reading the MVP section where you have the following in bootstrapper:

publicclassControllerRegistry : Registry
{
public ControllerRegistry()
{
ForRequestedType<ICategoryRepository>().TheDefault.Is.OfConcreteType<CategoryRepository>();
ForRequestedType<IProductRepository>().TheDefault.Is.OfConcreteType<ProductRepository>();
ForRequestedType<IPageNavigator>().TheDefault.Is.OfConcreteType<PageNavigator>();
ForRequestedType<IBasket>().TheDefault.Is.OfConcreteType<WebBasket>();
}
}

And I am also seeing code like this

protectedvoid Page_Init(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
_presenter = newProductDetailPresenter(this, ObjectFactory.GetInstance<ProductService>(),
ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IBasket>(),
ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IPageNavigator>());
}

see the bolded line above.

My question is: since we don't have an entry for ProductService, how can we get IoC to pass a reference this way?

Shouldn't we instead have

_presenter = newProductDetailPresenter(this,
newProductService(
ObjectFactory.GetInstance<ICategoryRepository>(),

ObjectFactory.GetInstance<IProductRepository>()
),
....
....)



Is this explained anywhere in the book?

Thanks!

Hi SamVan,

Hope you are still enjoying the book.

If you take a look at page 296 I mention how this is achieved using the order service sample code...

Quote:

You may have noticed that you didn’t explicitly register the OrderService type with StructureMap even though it was able to resolve it. This happens because StructureMap auto-wires the dependencies based on what it already has in its container. Auto-wiring your dependencies gives you the maximum benefit of using any type of container. Your client code can remain blissfully unaware of the concrete dependencies defined.

You can find more info on how structuremap does autowiring by reading the info on the structuremap project page -- http://structuremap.net/structuremap/AutoWiring.htm.

I hope this answers your questions.
Cheers
Scott

yes, how could I miss that paragraph..... thanks Scott and I really enjoy reading your book!

No worries! Glad your still enjoying the book, let me know if you have any other questions, and it would be great if you could add your feedback in a review on amazon .

Cheers
Scott

Scott,

I plan to write a review once I finish Part II of the book (Chapter 9). Thanks again for your support the past few weeks :)

Fantastico! I really appreciate it, and no worries please ask as many questions as you want :0)

Cheers
Scott