/// <summary>
/// This Method allows for additional catalogs to be added to the main MEF catalog.
/// This is so that the Client application can have other classes/plugins that needs to be instantiated by MEF.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="catalogParts"></param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static CompositionContainer Init(ICollection <ComposablePartCatalog> catalogParts)
{
AggregateCatalog catalog = new AggregateCatalog();
RegistrationBuilder pluginBuilder = new RegistrationBuilder();
pluginBuilder.ForTypesDerivedFrom <IPluginWinForms>()
.Export()
.ExportInterfaces();
foreach (var assembly in AssemblyLoaderUtil.WinFormsPlugins)
{
AssemblyCatalog assemCatalog = new AssemblyCatalog(assembly, pluginBuilder);
assemCatalog.FixCatalogForRegistrationBuilderBug();
catalogParts.Add(assemCatalog);
}
//The plugin factory assembly
catalog.Catalogs.Add(new AssemblyCatalog(typeof(PluginFactory).Assembly));
if (catalogParts != null)
{
foreach (var part in catalogParts)
{
catalog.Catalogs.Add(part);
}
}
CompositionContainer container = new CompositionContainer(catalog);
return(container);
}
/// <summary>
/// This Method allows for additional catalogs to be added to the main MEF catalog.
/// This is so that the Client application can have other classes/plugins that needs to be instantiated by MEF.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="catalogParts"></param>
/// <returns>returns the filled composition container</returns>
public static CompositionContainer Init(ICollection <ComposablePartCatalog> catalogParts)
{
AggregateCatalog catalog = new AggregateCatalog();
if (catalogParts == null)
{
catalogParts = new List <ComposablePartCatalog>();
}
RegistrationBuilder dataBuilder = new RegistrationBuilder();
dataBuilder
.ForTypesDerivedFrom <IDataContextBase>()
.Export()
.ExportInterfaces();
dataBuilder
.ForTypesDerivedFrom <IDataRepositoryBase>()
.Export()
.ExportInterfaces();
if (ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["UseWebPath"].ToLower() == "true")
{
AssemblyCatalog assemCat1 = new AssemblyCatalog(typeof(DataRepositoryFactory).Assembly, dataBuilder);
assemCat1.FixCatalogForRegistrationBuilderBug();
catalog.Catalogs.Add(assemCat1);
/* this worked..
* AssemblyCatalog assemCat2 = new AssemblyCatalog(typeof(ApptLabelRepository).Assembly, dataBuilder);
* assemCat2.FixCatalogForRegistrationBuilderBug();
* catalog.Catalogs.Add(assemCat2);
*/
var catDir = new DirectoryCatalog(AssemblyLoaderUtil._executingDirectory, "*.data.*");
catDir.FixCatalogForRegistrationBuilderBug();
catalog.Catalogs.Add(catDir);
}
else
{
AssemblyCatalog assemCat1 = new AssemblyCatalog(typeof(DataRepositoryFactory).Assembly, dataBuilder);
assemCat1.FixCatalogForRegistrationBuilderBug();
catalog.Catalogs.Add(assemCat1);
foreach (var assem in AssemblyLoaderUtil.DataAssemblies)
{
AssemblyCatalog assemCat = new AssemblyCatalog(assem, dataBuilder);
assemCat.FixCatalogForRegistrationBuilderBug();
catalogParts.Add(assemCat);
}
}
//add items to catalog here
//we only have to give in any one of the classes in the assembly that we want to load,
// it will automatically look for any other classes down the chain, marked as 'Export' in that assembly.
if (catalogParts != null)
{
foreach (var part in catalogParts)
{
catalog.Catalogs.Add(part);
}
}
CompositionContainer container = new CompositionContainer(catalog);
return(container);
}
