I have a generic repository in my project. Consider the following controller snippet
public class Lookup1Controller : Controller
{
readonly MyDbContext _db;
public Lookup1Controller(MyDbContext dataContext)
{
_db = dataContext;
}
public async Task<IActionResult> Index()
{
IGenericRepository<Lookup1> _repository = new GenericRepository<Lookup1>(_db);
var lookup1s = await _repository.SelectAll();
return View(lookup1s);
}
I don't see the need to have my Database reference both in my Generic repository as well as each of my controllers.
I refactor it to:
public class Lookup1Controller : Controller
{
private IGenericRepository<Lookup1> _repository;
public Lookup1Controller(IGenericRepository<Lookup1> repository)
{
_repository = repository;
}
public async Task<IActionResult> Index()
{
var lookup1s = await _repository.SelectAll();
return View(lookup1s);
}
}
which is much neater and ASP.NET 5 best practice from what I read. but I will get the following error if I access that controller route in my browser:
InvalidOperationException: Unable to resolve service for type 'MyProject.Data.IGenericRepository`1[MyProject.Models.Lookup1]' while attempting to activate 'MyProject.Controllers.Lookup1.
because of I haven't injected the GenericRepository to use the interface.
I add to my Startup.cs
an AddScoped
line for each and every of my tables in the ConfigureServices
method
services.AddScoped<IGenericRepository<Lookup1>,GenericRepository<Lookup1>> ();
services.AddScoped<IGenericRepository<Lookup2>,GenericRepository<Lookup2>> ();
services.AddScoped<IGenericRepository<Lookup3>,GenericRepository<Lookup3>> ();
services.AddScoped<IGenericRepository<Lookup4>,GenericRepository<Lookup4>> ();
etc
so that my code runs without throwing an exception.
However my database has about 100 simple lookup tables. When I look at the above 100 lines of code it just doesn't look right.
It feels like copy and paste code. Each time I add a new table by adding a new model and controller with view my code will compile without giving me an error. But if I run the program and go to that view I could get the controller run error if I forgot to add the AddScoped line to my Startup.cs
. Not really good for maintainability.
My question:
Is it really best practice to have a services.AddScoped for each and every lookup table in the
ConfigureServices
method ofStartup.cs
?It is a generic repository so isn't there be a way to write those 100 copy and paste lines in one line?
If not then what is the best practice way to do this using my code?