Hands-On Design Patterns with C# and .NET Core

Using third-party containers

The .Net Core framework provides great flexibility and functionality, but some features might not be supported, and a third-party container might be a more appropriate choice. Fortunately .Net Core is extensible and allows for the built-in service container to be replaced by a third-party container. To provide an example, we will use Autofac as our IoC container of the .Net Core DI.

Autofac has a ton of great features, and is shown here as an example; but of course, there are other IoC containers that could have been used. For example, Castle Windsor and Unit are great alternatives that should also be considered.

The first step is to add the required Autofac package to the project. Using the package manager console, ...