/// <summary>Find and registers Autofac modules that are implemented as plugins.</summary>
public static void FindAndRegisterModules(ContainerBuilder builder)
{
var modules = MefPluginScanner.FindPlugins(builder, typeof(Module));
foreach (var module in modules)
{
InitializationLogging.Logger.Trace(() => "Registering module: " + module.Type.FullName);
builder.RegisterModule((Module)Activator.CreateInstance(module.Type));
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Scans for plugins that implement the given export type (it is usually the plugin's interface), and registers them.
/// The function should be called from a plugin module initialization (from Autofac.Module implementation).
/// </summary>
/// <param name="genericImplementationBase">
/// The genericImplementationBase is a generic interface or a generic abstract class that the plugin implements.
/// The concept type that the plugin handles will be automatically extracted from the generic argument of the genericImplementationBase.
/// This is an alternative to using MefProvider.Implements in the plugin's ExportMetadata attribute.
/// </param>
public static void FindAndRegisterPlugins <TPluginInterface>(ContainerBuilder builder, Type genericImplementationBase)
{
var matchingPlugins = MefPluginScanner.FindPlugins(builder, typeof(TPluginInterface));
foreach (var plugin in matchingPlugins)
{
ExtractGenericPluginImplementsMetadata(plugin, genericImplementationBase);
}
RegisterPlugins(builder, matchingPlugins, typeof(TPluginInterface));
}
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#region Find and register plugins
/// <summary>
/// Scans for plugins that implement the given export type (it is usually the plugin's interface), and registers them.
/// The function should be called from a plugin module initialization (from Autofac.Module implementation).
/// </summary>
public static void FindAndRegisterPlugins <TPluginInterface>(ContainerBuilder builder)
{
var matchingPlugins = MefPluginScanner.FindPlugins(builder, typeof(TPluginInterface));
RegisterPlugins(builder, matchingPlugins, typeof(TPluginInterface));
}
/// <summary>Deletes the plugins cache to allow scanning of the new generated dlls.</summary>
public static void ClearCache()
{
MefPluginScanner.ClearCache();
}
