Using Bailey.Web.Mvc

Using Bailey.Web.Mvc is fairly straight-forward. Let's see how:

1. Open your site's Global.asax.cs file.

2. Add the Castle.Windsor.IContainerAccessor interface to the root class. In the current (MVC5) template, this is named MvcApplication.

3. Implement the interface. I typically implement it like so:

   private static IWindsorContainer __container;
   
   public IWindsorContainer Container
   {
       get { return __container; }
   }
   

4. Add a BootstrapContainer() method to the MvcApplication class. This lets us encapsulate the DI methods into one location in our class:

   private void BootstrapContainer()
   {
   }
   

5. In BootstrapContainer(), add the relevant code to instantiate the DI container:

   private void BootstrapContainer()
   {
       __container = new WindsorContainer();
   }
   

   If you're using installers (and you should be!), tweak the line above slightly:

   private void BootstrapContainer()
   {
       __container = new WindsorContainer().Install(FromAssembly.This());
   }
   

6. Assign the dependency resolver and controller factory:

   private void BootstrapContainer()
   {
       __container = new WindsorContainer().Install(FromAssembly.This());
   
       System.Web.Mvc.DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new WindsorDependencyResolver(__container));
       ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(new WindsorControllerFactory(__container.Kernel));
   }
   

7. Lastly, call our BootstrapContainer() method in Application_Start():

   protected void Application_Start()
   {
       // ...
   
       BootstrapContainer();
   
       // ...
   }
   

At this point, your application is setup to use the Bailey.Web.Mvc components. Good job!