I have a MixIn that requires some state to operate.
I am registering it as so..
container.Register(Component.For(Of ICat) _
.ImplementedBy(Of Cat) _
.LifeStyle.Transient _
.Proxy.MixIns(New MyMixin()))
When I call container.Resolve(of ICat), I get back a proxy for ICat, which also implements IMixin.
However, if I call container.Resolve(of ICat) again, I get a new proxy for ICat, but MyMixin is the SAME instance. (Which makes sense because I didn't tell the container any way to create IMixin)
So, IMixin is a Singleton, even though the Component's lifestyle is Transient.
How can I tell Windsor, though the Fluent Interface, to create a new Instance of MyMixIn for the component?
I think I resolved this.
Instead of using Proxy.Mixins, I created a custom Activator()
Public Class MixInActivator(Of T)
Inherits Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentActivator.DefaultComponentActivator
Public Sub New(ByVal model As Castle.Core.ComponentModel, ByVal kernel As Castle.MicroKernel.IKernel, ByVal OnCreation As Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentInstanceDelegate, ByVal OnDestruction As Castle.MicroKernel.ComponentInstanceDelegate)
MyBase.New(model, kernel, OnCreation, OnDestruction)
End Sub
Protected Overrides Function InternalCreate(ByVal context As Castle.MicroKernel.CreationContext) As Object
Dim obj As Object = MyBase.InternalCreate(context)
If GetType(T).IsAssignableFrom(obj.GetType) = False Then
Dim options As New Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerationOptions
Dim gen As New Castle.DynamicProxy.ProxyGenerator
options.AddMixinInstance(Kernel.Resolve(Of T))
obj = gen.CreateInterfaceProxyWithTarget(Model.Service, obj, options)
End If
Return obj
End Function
End Class
So now, the component is registered like this
container.Register(Component.For(Of ICat) _
.ImplementedBy(Of Cat) _
.LifeStyle.Is(Castle.Core.LifestyleType.Transient) _
.Activator(Of MixInActivator(Of IMixin)))
And IMixin is registered as follows
container.Register(Component.For(Of IMixin) _
.ImplementedBy(Of MyMixin) _
.LifeStyle.Is(Castle.Core.LifestyleType.Transient) _
.Named("MyMixin"))
I'm not sure how it bubbles up to Windsor, but at DynamicProxy level, there's mixin Instance per proxy type. So if you're creating yourself mixin instances, you may be also each time be generating a new proxy type. To circumvent this, override Equals and GetHashCode in your mixed in type.
I may however not be right, so you may want to make sure first.