I am trying to implment a plugin framework using MEF and I have an interface
public interface IPlugin
{
string SomeProperty {get;set;}
IList<string> DoSomething(string somevalue);
}
I was thinking of doing an implementation which does Import Many
public class MainContainer : IPlugin
{
public string _name;
public MainContianer(){
}
public MainContainer(string name){
_name = name;
}
[ImportMany]
List<Lazy<IPlugin, string>> plugins;
string SomeProperty { get {
var plugin = plugins.Where(a => a.Metadata.Equals(_name)).FirstOrDefault();
if (plugin != null) {
return plugin.Value.SomeProperty;
}
throw new CustomException();
} }
List<string> DoSomething(string value){
var plugin = plugins.Where(a => a.Metadata.Equals(_name)).FirstOrDefault();
if (plugin != null) {
return plugin.Value.DoSomething(value);
}
throw new CustomException();
}
}
My Question is that Is there a better way to the implement this rather then me writing the same block for each property and method.
var plugin = plugins.Where(a => a.Metadata.Equals(_name)).FirstOrDefault();
if (plugin != null) {
return plugin.Value.xxx
}
I was looking at all wrong. I have updated my code, the Calculator Example pushed me in the wrong direction.
public class MainContainer
{
private CompositionContainer _container;
[ImportMany]
public IEnumerable<IPlugin> Plugins;
public AdapterProvider(string pluginpath)
{
var catalog = new AggregateCatalog();
catalog.Catalogs.Add(new DirectoryCatalog(pluginpath));
_container = new CompositionContainer(catalog);
_container.ComposeParts(this);
}
}
is enough,
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