ASP.NET MVC Extensions

New Post: PerRequestTask - where is context?

Sotorin2 — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 13:25:21 GMT

This article describes how to create per request task. However it's already over 2 years old, new interface (Execute() vs ExecuteCore(PerRequestExecutionContext context) has been implemented and, most notably, 'context' parameter is missing. Is there another way to access it? I need to close RavenDb session in it and I can't figure out how to access it. Is there a way to access the container? I'm using StructureMap version of MvcExtensions. BTW, I'm really liking the library and would like to use all its features. Please update documentation if you release new version. I'll be happy to contribute with documentation if I understand what's going on.

Updated Wiki: Home

hazzik — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 13:27:59 GMT

THE PROJECT HAS BEEN MOVED TO GITHUB: http://mvcextensions.github.com

Welcome to ASP.NET MVC Extensions

Project Description

ASP.NET MVC Extensions (aka System.Web.Mvc.Extensibility) is developed on top of ASP.NET MVC extensibility point, which allows your IoC Container to rule everywhere.

Features:

Container Neutral: Stop referencing you IoC Container in your application code, let your application independent from the underlying container, yet utilizing the complete power.
Multiple Adapter: Packed with all the Popular IoC Containers adapter which includes Autofac, Ninject, StructureMap, Unity and Windsor.
Bootstrapping: Stop writing the same bootstrapping code over and over again, let the extensions to handle your Controller/Controller Factory/Model Binders/View Engines/Action Filters/Custom Dependencies etc registrations.
PerRequestTask: Act as a HttpModule to perform custom logic in the start and end of the request without registering in web.config.
Model Binder: Inject custom dependencies in your Model Binder with constructor injection.
Action Filter Fluent Registration: Fluently register your action filters which supports constructor injection of your custom dependencies.
ModelMetadata Fluent Configuration: Supports Composite ModelMetadata provider, which fallback to default DataAnnotationsModelMetadataProvider, supports configuring your model with fluent syntax like EF Code First or Fluent NHibernate.
Various ActionResults: Contains common action result which includes XmlResult, ExtendedJsonResult (which supports JsonConverters), Adaptive PRG (PostRedirectGet) results.
Common Route Constraints: Contains common route constraints like Range, Positive Int/Long, Guid, Enum, RegEx etc.
Various other Utility methods and helpers.

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NuGet Packages: MvcExtensions Core, requires one of following IoC adapter:

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New Post: Areas not displaying in MVC 4 using MvcExtensions

bioluminescence — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:44:51 GMT

Hi,

I posted a question on Stack Overflow regarding MvcExtensions in an ASP.NET MVC4 app. Could you please go and look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11687840/areas-not-displaying-in-mvc-4-using-mvcextensions

Thanks
Brendan

New Post: Automapper asking for MVC3 reference in a MVC4 app with MvcExtensions

bioluminescence — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:39:40 GMT

Hi,

I posted a question on Stack Overflow regarding MvcExtensions in an ASP.NET MVC4 app. Could you please go and look at: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11687920/automapper-asking-for-mvc3-reference-in-a-mvc4-app-with-mvcextensions

Thanks
Brendan

Created Release: MvcExtensions 2.5.0 (Jul 05, 2012)

hazzik — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:56:14 GMT

New release

Released: MvcExtensions 2.5.0 (Jul 05, 2012)

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:56:14 GMT

New release

New Post: MvcExtensions with Unity

SpaceMarine — Tue, 29 May 2012 10:09:46 GMT

VS 11.0.50214.1 betarel; AspNetMvc 4.0.10906.0; CommonServiceLocator 1.0; Unity 2.1.505.0; MvcExtensions 2.5.0-rc8005 pre; MvcExtensions.Unity 2.5.0-rc8005 pre

all installed without errors from package console.

New Post: MvcExtensions with Unity

hazzik — Tue, 29 May 2012 09:19:52 GMT

SpaceMarine, which versions exactly are you using?

New Post: MvcExtensions with Unity

SpaceMarine — Tue, 29 May 2012 08:32:12 GMT

Thanks! But... I have a error in my mvc4 application.

System.NullReferenceException was unhandled by user code
HResult=-2147467261
Message=Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
Source=MvcExtensions
StackTrace:
       at MvcExtensions.Bootstrapper.Execute[TTask](IEnumerable`1 tasks) in d:\BuildAgent-02\work\5dc85169f18b1630\src\MvcExtensions\Bootstrapper\Bootstrapper.cs:line 176
       at MvcExtensions.Bootstrapper.ExecuteBootstrapperTasks() in d:\BuildAgent-02\work\5dc85169f18b1630\src\MvcExtensions\Bootstrapper\Bootstrapper.cs:line 104
       at MvcExtensions.ExtendedMvcApplication.Application_Start() in d:\BuildAgent-02\work\5dc85169f18b1630\src\MvcExtensions\ExtendedMvcApplication.cs:line 75
Call stack location: MvcExtensions.dll!MvcExtensions.ExtendedMvcApplication.Application_Start() Line 76

The file 'd:\BuildAgent-02\work\5dc85169f18b1630\src\MvcExtensions\ExtendedMvcApplication.cs' does not exist.
Looking in script documents for 'd:\BuildAgent-02\work\5dc85169f18b1630\src\MvcExtensions\ExtendedMvcApplication.cs'...
Looking in the projects for 'd:\BuildAgent-02\work\5dc85169f18b1630\src\MvcExtensions\ExtendedMvcApplication.cs'.
The file was not found in a project.

My code:

public class MvcApplication : UnityMvcApplication
    {
        public MvcApplication()
        {
            Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
                        .Include<RegisterModelMetadata>()
                        .Include<RegisterControllers>()
                        .Include<RegisterRoutes>()
                        .Include<RegisterActionInvokers>();
        }
        public class RegisterRoutes : RegisterRoutesBase
        {
            public RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
                : base(routes)
            {
            }
            protected override void Register()
            {
                Routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
                Routes.MapRoute(
                    "Default",
                    "{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
                    new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
                );
            }
        }

public class RegisterServices : IModule
    {
        public void Load(IUnityContainer container)
        {
            container.RegisterType<IMyService, IMyService>(new PerRequestLifetimeManager());
        }
    }

Packages installed: Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation, Microsoft.Practices.Unity, MvcExtensions, MvcExtensions.Unity.

New Post: MvcExtensions with Unity

hazzik — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:48:00 GMT

Also we had moved source code for version 2.5 to github http://mvcextensions.github.com

New Post: MvcExtensions with Unity

hazzik — Mon, 28 May 2012 19:46:39 GMT

Hi, using Unity almost the same as Windsor.

1. Download package from nuget (or you could download release as zip archive):

install-package MvcExtensions.Unity

2. Inherit your application from MvcExtensions.Unity.UnityMvcApplication

http://mvcextensions.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/e5699e89a5e4#Trunk%2fSample%2fDemo.Web.Unity%2fGlobal.asax.cs

3. Register your services in modules (IModule)

http://mvcextensions.codeplex.com/SourceControl/changeset/view/e5699e89a5e4#Trunk%2fSample%2fDemo.Web.Unity%2fInfrastructure%2fRegisterServices.cs

Aslo examples for each popular IoC container are located in 'Samples' directory in the source control.

>Do you plan to stop producing or make new commercial product on this basis?

No and no. Now we are developing version 2.5 which is focused on easily extension of fluent metadata and validation enchancements. Also in plans support for native MVC IoC adapters (such as Ninject.Mvc3, Autofac.Web.Mvc, Unity.Mvc3, etc) and possible support of WebActivator.

New Post: MvcExtensions with Unity

SpaceMarine — Mon, 28 May 2012 16:43:46 GMT

Good day, hazzik! Could you post a example of using Unity with MvcExtensions, please. Or do you still recommend Windsor? Do you plan to stop producing or make new commercial product on this basis?

New Post: Order of preference in registering bootstrapper tasks?

hazzik — Fri, 25 May 2012 06:51:33 GMT

For your custom tasks you can use DependsOnAttribute:

[DependsOn( typeof (RegisterAreas) )]
public class RegisterRoutesTask : BootstrapperTask {
// code
}

New Post: Order of preference in registering bootstrapper tasks?

bioluminescence — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:48:28 GMT

Can I put them in any order? Will the bootstrapper know which to load first, for example areas before routes. Or doesn't it really matter?

New Post: Order of preference in registering bootstrapper tasks?

hazzik — Thu, 24 May 2012 10:35:38 GMT

Hi,

All required tasks should be registered automatically.

New Post: Registering the global filters

bioluminescence — Thu, 24 May 2012 07:04:33 GMT

The following code comes default with the global.asax.cs when you create a new ASP.NET MVC3 project:

public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
     filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}

I would like to create a bootstrapper task for this. Is there an already built in task for this or do I need to go and create a custom taks for this, if custom, what does my method have to inherit from?

New Post: What is your opinion on using MVCExtensions with Autofac?

bioluminescence — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:58:23 GMT

I would like to know your opinion on using MVCExtensions with Autofac..

I am using MVC Extensions with Autofac in my MVC 3 web app. I'm just not getting it why these extensions were created? I can't really say that it is makng my life easier. Everything that I did with Autofac in my global.asax.cs file I can do with the MVC extensions. I can register routes, controllers, my services and repositories, etc with just Autofac.

Any opinions why using these MVC extensions is maybe a better way to go?

I need to capture my errors in Application_Error. How do I get an instance of my registered logger? If I need to resolve dependencies some where else in my app how would I do this? This is how I register my logger:

builder.RegisterType<Logger>().As<ILogger>();

I can instantiate my logger but would rather like to use the registered logger.

Is there a tag for these extensions?

New Post: Order of preference in registering bootstrapper tasks?

bioluminescence — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:54:13 GMT

When registering bootstrapper tasks, is there any specific order in which they need to occur? A before B and B before C etc? I only have this at the moment:

public class MvcApplication : AutofacMvcApplication
{
     public MvcApplication()
     {
          Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
               .Include<RegisterAreas>()
               .Include<RegisterControllers>()
               .Include<RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask>()
               .Include<AutoMapperBootstrapperTask>();
     }
}

But there are many others like registering filters, view engines, views etc. Is there any of these that are mandatory that have to be there by default?

New Post: Order of preference in registering bootstrapper tasks?

bioluminescence — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:54:10 GMT

When registering bootstrapper tasks, is there any specific order in which they need to occur? A before B and B before C etc? I only have this at the moment:

public class MvcApplication : AutofacMvcApplication
{
     public MvcApplication()
     {
          Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
               .Include<RegisterAreas>()
               .Include<RegisterControllers>()
               .Include<RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask>()
               .Include<AutoMapperBootstrapperTask>();
     }
}

But there are many others like registering filters, view engines, views etc. Is there any of these that are mandatory that have to be there by default?

New Post: MVC areas not diplaying when registering routes and areas with MVC extensions

bioluminescence — Thu, 24 May 2012 06:45:10 GMT

Thanks.

I seem to have sorted out the problem. The problem is with the Routes.Clear(); I took it out and now everything is working fine. Here is my changes that I did to the code above:

public class RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask : RegisterRoutesBase
{
     public RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask(RouteCollection routes)
          : base(routes)
     {
     }
     protected override void Register()
     {
          Routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
          Routes.MapRoute(
               "Default",
               "{controller}/{action}/{id}",
               new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional }
          );
     }
}

Here is my updated global.asax.cs:

public class MvcApplication : AutofacMvcApplication
{
     public MvcApplication()
     {
          Bootstrapper.BootstrapperTasks
               .Include<RegisterAreas>()
               .Include<RegisterControllers>()
               .Include<RegisterRoutesBootstrapperTask>()
               .Include<AutoMapperBootstrapperTask>();
     }
}