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Windsor PerWebRequest resolution in Application_Start

I am injecting HttpContextBase into a caching class. HttpContextBase is registered as PerWebRequest. I interact with the caching class on each web request and this works fine, but I also need to initialise the cache at application start.

I understand that PerWebRequest does not work in Application_Start though:

castle PerRequestLifestyle not recognize

What is the best way to resolve this in my situation?

Solution

  • Not use stuff that depends on per-web-request stuff outside of web request.

    If you need to depend on a class you registered as PWR I'd suggest getting another component for that service with different lifestyle and using it in Application_Start and using IHandlerSelector to return PWR one when you're within a web request, and the other one otherwise