Bind all concrete implementations by name in Ninject

Question

I have an interface IAdapdor, and several concrete implementations. Using Ninject 3.0, I bind them all by name:

IKernel kernel = new StandardKernel();

kernel.Bind<IAdapdor>().To<Adaptor1>().Named("Adaptor1");
kernel.Bind<IAdapdor>().To<Adaptor2>().Named("Adaptor2");
...

How can I achieve this using Ninject conventions extension?

To be more specific, I'm looking for something in the line:

kernel.Bind(x => x.FromThisAssembly()
                  .SelectAllClasses()
                  .InheritedFrom<IAdapdor>()
                  .BindByClassName()); // <-- BindByClassName() does not really exist

I am curious to hear what this convention is... because I don't see one. The Conventions extension doesn't solve everything... sometimes you need to explicitly bind things. — Simon Whitehead, Jan 27 '14 at 09:30
@Simon Whitehead - from what I understand, I should be able to do this in a single line with conventions. I'll edit the question to reflect this. — bavaza, Jan 27 '14 at 09:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '14 at 09:33

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You can customize the convention created bindings using the Configure method. So you can use that to register your bindings with Named:

kernel.Bind(x => x
    .FromThisAssembly()
    .SelectAllClasses().InheritedFrom<IAdapdor>()
    .BindAllInterfaces()
    .Configure((b, c) => b.Named(c.Name)));

answered Jan 27 '14 at 09:33

nemesv

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..does this take into account the numeric factor? – Simon Whitehead Jan 27 '14 at 09:34
`c.Name` will get the name of your type so `Adaptor1` or `Adaptor2`. but you write there anything what you get the `"Adaptor1"` and `"Adaptor2"` based on the type beging registered – nemesv Jan 27 '14 at 09:37
@nemesv, Right on! I knew this should be simple enough... Thanks! – bavaza Jan 27 '14 at 09:40

Bind all concrete implementations by name in Ninject

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