How to inject constructor argument from config file with Unity

Question

Imagine we have a class

public class MyClass
{
    private string _val;
    public MyClass(string val) 
    {
         _val = val;
    }
}

and app.config (or web.config)

<appSettings>
    <add key="value" value="some value" />
</appSettings>

Is there way to register type MyClass in Unity container and point Unity to inject value for val constructor parameter from config file?

possible duplicate of [In Unity config, how to pass connectionString to a constructor?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4252231/in-unity-config-how-to-pass-connectionstring-to-a-constructor) — Mark Seemann, Nov 18 '11 at 20:24

Ethan Wu · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-04T02:19:28.293

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it is very easy.

C# Code:

var container = new UnityContainer();
container.LoadConfiguration();
MyClass mc = container.Resolve<MyClass>();

Configuration file:

<unity xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/practices/2010/unity">    
 <container>
  <register type="[namespace].MyClass, [assembly-name]" 
    mapTo="[namespace].MyClass, [assembly-name]">
    <constructor>
      <param name="val" value="Ethan Woo"/>
    </constructor>
  </register>
</container>

edited Apr 04 '17 at 02:19

answered Nov 22 '11 at 06:17

Ethan Wu

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Where is the reference to the appSetting named "value" in this configuration file? – brentlightsey Oct 25 '12 at 15:55
: "value" attribute here. – Ethan Wu Oct 26 '12 at 09:24
There is no reference to a config files. Then how to map config file or just from ? – User.Anonymous Apr 03 '17 at 16:20
"Configuration file" here means app.config for win/console app, and web.config for iis hosting application e.g. web, wcf... container.LoadConfiguration(); will automatically load the configuration accordingly. – Ethan Wu Apr 04 '17 at 02:18
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You don't aswer the question. This answer concerns about a key/value from web.config to Unity constructor and not how to define Unity constructor in web.config. – User.Anonymous Apr 26 '17 at 14:08

score 7 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 21 '17 at 07:38

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If you are using XML config you can do this by defining an extension that handles AppSettings as Unity parameters, see http://www.neovolve.com/2010/04/23/appsetting-parameter-injection-in-unity-2/.

Alternatively, if you are doing C# configuration you can use an injection constructor as follows...

var container = new UnityContainer();
container.RegisterType<MyClass>(
    new InjectionConstructor(
       InjectionParameter<string>(ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["value"])));

The reason to use the AppSettings value rather than the string directly in the XML config is that it centralises all the paramter values into AppSettings and simplifies migrations between environments.

edited Aug 21 '17 at 07:38

Andrew McLachlan

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answered Oct 27 '14 at 10:05

Paul Hatcher

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why `RegisterType()` register type function specify two name of same class? – Mou Sep 15 '15 at 13:56
The original XML registration says type, mapTo with the same type in both so I was reproducing that. For the fluent registration, you are correct you don't need the second value; typically however you you have RegisterType – Paul Hatcher Sep 17 '15 at 08:09

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered May 18 '15 at 10:07

Quite an old post but I thought the following information could be helpful in case that it's not a value for a native type but a complex data type instead:

<configuration>

  <configsections>
    <section name="unity" type="Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration.UnityConfigurationSection, Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration">
    </section>
  </configsections>

  <unity xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/practices/2010/unity">

    <alias alias="IRepository" type="UnityTest.IRepository, UnityTest">
      <alias alias="Repository" type="UnityTest.Repository, UnityTest">

        <container>
          <register mapto="Repository" type="IRepository">

            <register name="MyClass" type="UnityTest.MyClass, UnityTest">
              <constructor>
                <param name="repository" type="IRepository">
                <dependency name="IRepository">

                </dependency>
              </constructor>
            </register>

          </register>
        </container>

      </alias>
    </alias>
  </unity>

</configuration>

A bit more detailed described here: http://postlabs.blogspot.com/2015/05/injecting-non-native-data-type-via.html

How to inject constructor argument from config file with Unity

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