I'm trying to implement UNITY on my WebApi2 application. The problem is that I'm using an existing SqlConnection, depending on an identifier found in the URL of the resource. So I need the identifier provided in the request uri, to create my context with. Is it possible to get the {dbIdentifier} from the request URI, and parse it into the constructor of MyRepo?
The Request usi will look like: /api/{dbIdentifier}/{controller}/{id}
The structure looks like...
Request POST /api/myDbIdentifier/my/ + PAYLOAD data
Controller:
public class MyController : ApiController
{
private readonly IRepo _repo;
public MyController(IRepo repo)
{
_repo = repo;
}
}
Repo:
public class MyRepo : IRepo
{
private readonly MyContext _context;
public MyRepo(string dbIdentifier)
{
_context = new MyContext(GetConnection(dbIdentifier));
}
public void Insert(string s)
{
//Inserting string in context and save changes
}
private DbConnection(string id)
{
//psudo find connecion from pool, and return instance of DbConnection...
}
}
public interface IRepo
{
void Insert(string s);
}
Context:
public class MyContext : DbContext
{
public MyContext(DbConnection exitingConnection) : base(existingConnection, true)
{ }
}
Btw, it's my first time playing around with WebApi and Unity, so please bear with my ignorance.
UPDATED Unity part of my code...
UnityResolver (taken from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/web-api/overview/advanced/dependency-injection):
public class UnityResolver : IDependencyResolver
{
protected IUnityContainer Container;
public UnityResolver(IUnityContainer container)
{
if (container == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(container), "Please provider an IUnityContainer.");
}
Container = container;
}
public void Dispose()
{
Container.Dispose();
}
public object GetService(Type serviceType)
{
try
{
return Container.Resolve(serviceType);
}
catch (ResolutionFailedException)
{
return null;
}
}
public IEnumerable<object> GetServices(Type serviceType)
{
try
{
return Container.ResolveAll(serviceType);
}
catch (Exception)
{
return new List<object>();
}
}
public IDependencyScope BeginScope()
{
return new UnityResolver(Container.CreateChildContainer());
}
}
Unity Register part in my startup:
public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
{
// Configuring DI Container fo IoC (Invert of Control)
var container = new UnityContainer();
container.RegisterType<IRepo, MyRepo>(new HierarchicalLifetimeManager());
config.DependencyResolver = new UnityResolver(container);
}
You can try the following:
Create a DelegatingHandler where you can access HttpRequestMessage.RequestUri
Extract dbIdentifier from Uri
Wrap dbIdentifier with a class (e.g. DbIdentifier
) and register it in Unity using HierarchicalLifetimeManager
Remember to register handler in Owin:
httpConfiguration.MessageHandlers.Add(new DbIdentifierHandler());
You can look into this post to find some inspiration: How to pass Owin context to a Repo being injected into Api controller