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Why is an IoC/DI container called a 'container'?

I'm just trying to understand where the label 'container' came from. Anyone know?

Seems like many things could be called 'containers'.

Solution

  • Because it serves as container for objects. It is the framework that manages their lifecycle. It is responsible to instantiate, resolve references and destroy them.