InversionOfControl/Castle.MicroKernel/Lifestyle/ILifestyleManager.cs

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  14
  15 namespace Castle.MicroKernel
  16 {
  17         using System;
  18         using Castle.Core;
  19
  20         /// <summary>
  21         /// The <c>ILifestyleManager</c> implements
  22         /// a strategy for a given lifestyle, like singleton, perthread
  23         /// and transient.
  24         /// </summary>
  25         /// <remarks>
  26         /// The responsability of <c>ILifestyleManager</c>
  27         /// is only the management of lifestyle. It should rely on
  28         /// <see cref="IComponentActivator"/> to obtain a new component instance
  29         /// </remarks>
  30         public interface ILifestyleManager : IDisposable
  31         {
  32                 /// <summary>
  33                 /// Initializes the <c>ILifestyleManager</c> with the
  34                 /// <see cref="IComponentActivator"/>
  35                 /// </summary>
  36                 /// <param name="componentActivator"></param>
  37                 /// <param name="kernel"></param>
  38                 /// <param name="model"></param>
  39                 void Init(IComponentActivator componentActivator, IKernel kernel, ComponentModel model);
  40
  41                 /// <summary>
  42                 /// Implementors should return the component instance based
  43                 /// on the lifestyle semantic.
  44                 /// </summary>
  45                 /// <returns></returns>
  46                 object Resolve(CreationContext context);
  47
  48                 /// <summary>
  49                 /// Implementors should release the component instance based
  50                 /// on the lifestyle semantic, for example, singleton components
  51                 /// should not be released on a call for release, instead they should
  52                 /// release them when disposed is invoked.
  53                 /// </summary>
  54                 /// <param name="instance"></param>
  55                 void Release(object instance);
  56         }
  57 }