How to inject IServiceContainer when using LighInject?

Question

I am using LightInject and now I need to know how to resolve a type myself. I've tried to use IServiceContainer, but when I inject this interface into my class I get an error saying that is an unresolved dependency.

The thing I want te solve is this. At runtime I have a Type that I need a instance from. So I want to do something like SomeResolver.GetInstance(myType).

How can I do this with LightInject?

Answer 1

I've got a working solution. Don't know if this is the 'preferred' way, so if anyone has a better idea, please let me know :)

Here's what I use now:

container.Register<ITypeResolver>(s => new LightInjectTypeResolver(s));

And here's the class implementing ITypeResolver:

public class LightInjectTypeResolver : ITypeResolver
{
    private readonly IServiceFactory _serviceFactory;

    public LightInjectTypeResolver(IServiceFactory serviceFactory)
    {
        _serviceFactory = serviceFactory;
    }

    public object GetType(Type entity)
    {
        return _serviceFactory.GetInstance(entity);
    }
}