Autofac 2.5 is now available on the
project site
and via
NuGet
. The new version includes a range of great contributions.
After incubation as an
external project
,
Windows Phone 7
now joins ranks of officially-supported targets (just install the
Autofac
package via NuGet and you’re up and running!) For some tips on getting started see
Brendan Kowitz’s notes
.
The new release is highly-compatible with Autofac 2.4 (best used with the VS2010 compiler when targeting .NET 3.5.)
Included changes are:
Issue 329 - types are filtered by compatibilty before invoking key mapping functions when scanning assemblies
RegisterAssemblyTypes(...).WithMetadataFrom()
simplifies extraction of metadata from attribute properties
Module.ThisAssembly
simplifies implementation of modules that scan their own assembly
Issue 333 - enable
RegisterAssemblyTypes(...).PreserveExistingDefaults()
Windows Phone 7 and 7.1 support
Issue 312 - allow
ContainerBuilder.Update()
on the
ComponentRegistry
of any
ILifetimeScope
without affecting the parent scope
Issue 327 - allow autowiring of enum properties
Issue 319 - support list and dictionary literals in XML configuration
Issue 330 - corrections to generic type constraint checking where the constraint type is an interface
Issue 331 - fix build warnings and runtime issues using Moq integration
Introduced
ContainerBuildOptions
to control invocation of
IStartable.Start()
under unit tests
Container.Empty
is now a property rather than a field (protection from inadvertent updates
Removed broken/obsolete examples from source tree (better examples are available elsewhere online)
Host configuration features for
AutofacHostFactory
in WCF integration
ComponentRegistry.Register()
is now safe for use under multiple threads
Issue 227 -
breaking change
additional options (and enum rather than boolean parameter) for
PropertiesAutowired()
Additional web abstractions are now registered by the MVC3
AutofacWebTypesModule
Issue 311 - fixed potential lifetime issues when injecting into MVC filter attributes
Tightened up behavior when correct constructor to use under reflection activator is ambiguous (now throws rather than choosing nondeterministically)
Issue 309 - fixed some issues in
TypeExtensions.IsClosedTypeOf()
Improved exception messages
Many thanks to the
Autofac project team
and collaborators across the web for making this release happen!
