InversionOfControl/Castle.MicroKernel/ComponentActivator/IComponentActivator.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.MicroKernel
  16 {
  17         /// <summary>
  18         /// Implements the instance creation logic. The default
  19         /// implementation should rely on an ordinary call to
  20         /// Activator.CreateInstance().
  21         /// </summary>
  22         /// <remarks>
  23         /// This interface is provided in order to allow custom components
  24         /// to be created using a different logic, such as using a specific factory
  25         /// or builder.
  26         /// <para>
  27         /// The constructor for implementation has the following signature:
  28         /// </para>
  29         /// <code>
  30         /// ComponentModel model, IKernel kernel,
  31         /// ComponentInstanceDelegate onCreation,
  32         /// ComponentInstanceDelegate onDestruction
  33         /// </code>
  34         /// <para>
  35         /// The Activator should raise the events onCreation and onDestruction
  36         /// in order to correctly implement the contract. Usually the best
  37         /// way of creating a custom activator is by extending the existing ones.
  38         /// </para>
  39         /// <seealso cref="ComponentActivator.AbstractComponentActivator"/>
  40         /// <seealso cref="ComponentActivator.DefaultComponentActivator"/>
  41         /// </remarks>
  42         public interface IComponentActivator
  43         {
  44                 /// <summary>
  45                 /// Should return a new component instance.
  46                 /// </summary>
  47                 /// <returns></returns>
  48                 object Create(CreationContext context);
  49
  50                 /// <summary>
  51                 /// Should perform all necessary work to dispose the instance
  52                 /// and/or any resource related to it.
  53                 /// </summary>
  54                 /// <param name="instance"></param>
  55                 void Destroy(object instance);
  56         }
  57 }