Anybody who uses
Spring .NET or software factories in general has probably written a method something like this:
public class Factory
{
public object CreateInstance(Type type)
{
// using Spring.NET factory
return ContextRegistry.GetContext().GetObject(type.FullName);
}
}
which is used like this:
ISomeObject someObject = (ISomeObject) _factory.CreateInstance(typeof(ISomeObject));
However, why not try a generic method:
public class Factory
{
public T CreateInstance<T>()
{
// using Spring.NET factory
return (T) ContextRegistry.GetContext().GetObject(typeof(T).Fullname);
}
}
which would be used like this:
ISomeObject someObject = _factory.CreateInstance<ISomeObject>();
Which I think is much nicer :)
UPDATE: Dusty posted
another great example on his blog (if you overlook the catching all exceptions for which I assume Dusty has his reasons). Check it out (+ thanks for your kind words Dusty).
Post By
Josh Twist
2:01 AM
03 May 2006
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Posted by
Dusty
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03 May 2006
10:46 AM
The generic version is much nicer indeed. In fact, I was trying something like this just about a week ago, and gave up, settling with passing the Type. Just re-implemented it with the generic methods and it works great. Thanks for the example!
Posted by
Nick Parker
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07 May 2006
6:32 PM
Josh,
I had written something similar to this for Spring.NET and generics last year, however mine also included attaching advisors to intercept method calls. If your interested, take a look:
http://developernotes.com/archive/2005/10/19/757.aspxNick Parker
Posted by
Seth Flowers
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16 Feb 2007
1:21 PM
I am unfamiliar with Spring.Net, so you may have to disregard my post. However, isn't it the case that if ContextRegistry.GetContext().GetObject(..) returns anything other than T, you are still performing a cast to T ( I don't know how the CLR handles casts between equal types ). If this is true, then the sample generic code will perform no better than the non-generic code. The only benefit is the improved elegance from the lack of casting required from the calling code. In effect the cast was just moved down a method.
Posted by
Josh
@
17 Feb 2007
12:29 PM
Who said anything about improved performance? :)