Why are IOC implementations called 'containers'

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What is the meaning or significance of 'container' when speaking of an IoC implementation?

asked Feb 04 '19 at 15:29

Todd Vance

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From your general understanding, what does a container do? What is it used for? – Nkosi Feb 04 '19 at 19:08
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Here is a classic read https://martinfowler.com/articles/injection.html – Nkosi Feb 04 '19 at 19:12
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thank you for that. that led me to finding the answer already asked on Stack https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9734242/what-does-container-mean-in-the-context-of-programming – Todd Vance Feb 04 '19 at 19:13
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Glad it helped. – Nkosi Feb 04 '19 at 19:15
Although the accepted answer says that containers own and manage objects but I feel like IoC manages functionality more than objects but I can see it both ways I suppose. – Todd Vance Feb 04 '19 at 19:17
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Here is one from msdn that should help https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/vstudio/en-US/19a85d5d-6b0d-4132-83d1-18a38a959eb6/what-is-dependency-container- – Nkosi Feb 04 '19 at 19:20

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