Simple question.
How do I use UnitOfWork with Castle.Windsor, nHibernate, and ASP.NET MVC?
Now for the extended details. In my quest to understand the UnitOfWork
pattern, I'm having difficulty coming across anything that uses a direct example in conjunction with Castle.Windsor
, specifically in regards to the way it needs to be installed.
Here is my understanding so far.
IUnitOfWork
- The
IUnitOfWork
interface is used to declare the pattern - The
UnitOfWork
class mustCommit
andRollback
transactions, and Expose aSession
.
So with that said, here is my IUnitOfWork
. (I am using Fluent nHibernate
)
public interface IUnitOfWork : IDisposable
{
ISession Session { get; private set; }
void Rollback();
void Commit();
}
So here is my Castle.Windsor
Container Bootstrapper (ASP.NET MVC)
public class WindsorContainerFactory
{
private static Castle.Windsor.IWindsorContainer container;
private static readonly object SyncObject = new object();
public static Castle.Windsor.IWindsorContainer Current()
{
if (container == null)
{
lock (SyncObject)
{
if (container == null)
{
container = new Castle.Windsor.WindsorContainer();
container.Install(new Installers.SessionInstaller());
container.Install(new Installers.RepositoryInstaller());
container.Install(new Installers.ProviderInstaller());
container.Install(new Installers.ControllerInstaller());
}
}
}
return container;
}
}
So now, in my Global.asax
file, I have the following...
protected void Application_Start()
{
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
// Register the Windsor Container
ControllerBuilder.Current
.SetControllerFactory(new Containers.WindsorControllerFactory());
}
Repository
Now I understand that I need to pass the ISession
to my Repository. So then, let me assume IMembershipRepository
.
class MembershipRepository : IMembershipRepository
{
private readonly ISession session;
public MembershipRepository(ISession session)
{
this.session = session;
}
public Member RetrieveMember(string email)
{
return session.Query<Member>().SingleOrDefault( i => i.Email == email );
}
}
So I am confused, now. Using this method, the ISession
doesn't get destroyed properly, and the UnitOfWork
never gets used.
I've been informed that UnitOfWork
needs to go in the Web Request Level - but I cannot find anything explaining how to actually go about this. I do not use a ServiceLocator
of any sort ( as when I tried, I was told this was also bad practice... ).
Confusion -- How does a
UnitOfWork
get created?I just don't understand this, in general. My thought was that I would start passing
UnitOfWork
into theRepository
constructors - but if it has to go in the Web Request, I'm not understanding where the two relate.
Further Code
This is extra code for clarification, simply because I seem to have a habit of never providing the right information for my questions.
Installers
public class ControllerInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(
AllTypes.FromThisAssembly()
.BasedOn<IController>()
.Configure(c => c.LifeStyle.Transient));
}
}
public class ProviderInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(
Component
.For<Membership.IFormsAuthenticationProvider>()
.ImplementedBy<Membership.FormsAuthenticationProvider>()
.LifeStyle.Singleton
);
}
}
public class RepositoryInstaller : IWindsorInstaller
{
public void Install(IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(
Component
.For<Membership.IMembershipRepository>()
.ImplementedBy<Membership.MembershipRepository>()
.LifeStyle.Transient
);
container.Register(
Component
.For<Characters.ICharacterRepository>()
.ImplementedBy<Characters.CharacterRepository>()
.LifeStyle.Transient
);
}
}
public class SessionInstaller : Castle.MicroKernel.Registration.IWindsorInstaller
{
private static ISessionFactory factory;
private static readonly object SyncObject = new object();
public void Install(Castle.Windsor.IWindsorContainer container, IConfigurationStore store)
{
container.Register(
Component.For<ISessionFactory>()
.UsingFactoryMethod(SessionFactoryFactory)
.LifeStyle.Singleton
);
container.Register(
Component.For<ISession>()
.UsingFactoryMethod(c => SessionFactoryFactory().OpenSession())
.LifeStyle.Transient
);
}
private static ISessionFactory SessionFactoryFactory()
{
if (factory == null)
lock (SyncObject)
if (factory == null)
factory = Persistence.SessionFactory.Map(System.Web.Configuration.WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["Remote"].ConnectionString);
return factory;
}
}
UnitOfWork
Here is my UnitOfWork
class verbatim.
public class UnitOfWork : IUnitOfWork
{
private readonly ISessionFactory sessionFactory;
private readonly ITransaction transaction;
public UnitOfWork(ISessionFactory sessionFactory)
{
this.sessionFactory = sessionFactory;
Session = this.sessionFactory.OpenSession();
transaction = Session.BeginTransaction();
}
public ISession Session { get; private set; }
public void Dispose()
{
Session.Close();
Session = null;
}
public void Rollback()
{
if (transaction.IsActive)
transaction.Rollback();
}
public void Commit()
{
if (transaction.IsActive)
transaction.Commit();
}
}