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2. The difference between GetService() and GetRequiredService() in ASP.NET Core

   This post looks at the GetService() and GetRequiredService() methods of the ASP.NET Core DI container, the difference between them and which you should use…

   September 11, 2018 in ASP.NET Core .NET Core Dependency Injection
3. Controller activation and dependency injection in ASP.NET Core MVC

   In this post, I'll describe how controllers are created in ASP.NET Core MVC using the IControllerActivator and the options available out of the box.…

   June 27, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
4. Four ways to dispose IDisposables in ASP.NET Core

   This post presents the options for disposing services in ASP.NET Core: manually; using the DI container; with RegisterForDispose; or IApplicationLifetime.…

   June 20, 2017 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection
5. Using dependency injection in a .Net Core console application

   In this post, I show how to setup dependency injection in a .NET Core console app, both with the ASP.NET Core built-in container and with StructureMap.…

   November 08, 2016 in .NET Core Dependency Injection
6. Accessing services when configuring MvcOptions in ASP.NET Core

   This post is a follow on to one by Steve Gordon, in which I show a clean way to use configured services when setting up MvcOptions when calling AddMvc.…

   October 27, 2016 in ASP.NET Core Configuration Dependency Injection
7. Injecting services into ValidationAttributes in ASP.NET Core

   This post describes how to use dependency injection with ValidationAttributes in ASP.NET Core, and the process I took in trying to figure out how!…

   September 29, 2016 in ASP.NET Core Dependency Injection