Note: Tested on Autofac 4.9.2.
Autofac Keyed Services provide convenience way to register multiple types of same interface with key identifier, see the documentation here.
It’s very useful feature when we want to choose between different implementations of same interface. See below for example:
`WebApiConfig.cs`
This is where we register our type in Autofac container.
var builder = new ContainerBuilder();
builder.RegisterType<CorporateService>()
.As<IService>()
.Keyed<IService>("Corporate");
builder.RegisterType<SchoolService>()
.As<IService>()
.Keyed<IService>("School");
GlobalContainer.Container = builder.Build();
`GlobalContainer.cs`
This is global object to store our container for resolving type later in application lifecycle.
using Autofac;
namespace QC
{
public class GlobalContainer
{
public static IContainer Container { get; set; }
}
}
`IService.cs`
This is sample service interface – don’t copy, make your own.
namespace QC.Service
{
public interface IService
{
double GetRate();
}
}
`CorporateService.cs`
This is sample service interface implementation – don’t copy, make your own.
namespace QC.Service
{
public class CorporateService : IService
{
public double GetRate()
{
return 15;
}
}
}
`SchoolService.cs`
This is sample service interface implementation – don’t copy, make your own.
namespace QC.Service
{
public class SchoolService : IService
{
public double GetRate()
{
return 10;
}
}
}
There are 2 options to resolve `IService` to type we desired (ie: Corporate or School).
1. Resolving Explicitly.
Documentation.
`CustomerController.cs`
Sample controller that choose which service to initiate.
using Autofac;
using QC.Service;
using System.Web.Http;
namespace QC.Controllers
{
public class CustomerController : ApiController
{
[HttpGet]
public IHttpActionResult GetRate()
{
// In real-world, we would have business logic to determine which service to initiate
var service = GlobalContainer.Container.ResolveKeyed<IService>("Corporate");
var rate = service.GetRate();
return this.Ok(rate); // Return 15
}
}
}
2. Resolving with an Index (recommended).
Documentation.
`CustomerController.cs`
using Autofac.Features.Indexed;
using QC.Service;
using System.Web.Http;
namespace QC.Controllers
{
public class CustomerController : ApiController
{
private readonly IIndex<string, IService> serviceIndexes;
private readonly IService service;
public CustomerController(IIndex<string, IService> serviceIndexes)
{
this.serviceIndexes = serviceIndexes;
// In real-world, we would have business logic to determine which service to initiate
this.service = this.serviceIndexes["Corporate"];
}
[HttpGet]
public IHttpActionResult GetRate()
{
var rate = this.service.GetRate();
return this.Ok(rate); // Return 15
}
}
}
