asp.net identity 2.0 unity not resolving default user store

Question

i get the following exception when trying to configure Unity using Unity.Mvc5 with an MVC 5 application using Identity 2.0 and the Identity 2.0 Samples boilerplate. i have read this SO Configure Unity DI for ASP.NET Identity and i'm still not clear on what i'm missing. What am i doing wrong here?

The current type, System.Data.Common.DbConnection, is an abstract class and cannot be constructed. Are you missing a type mapping?

[ResolutionFailedException: Resolution of the dependency failed, type = "myApp.Web.Controllers.AccountController", name = "(none)". Exception occurred while: while resolving.

Exception is: InvalidOperationException - The current type, System.Data.Common.DbConnection, is an abstract class and cannot be constructed. Are you missing a type mapping?

At the time of the exception, the container was:

Resolving myApp.Web.Controllers.AccountController,(none) Resolving parameter "userManager" of constructor myApp.Web.Controllers.AccountController(myApp.Web.Models.ApplicationUserManager userManager) Resolving myApp.Web.Models.ApplicationUserManager,(none) Resolving parameter "store" of constructor myApp.Web.Models.ApplicationUserManager(Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.IUserStore1[[myApp.Web.DAL.Profiles.ApplicationUser, myApp.Web, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]] store) Resolving Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework.UserStore1[myApp.Web.DAL.Profiles.ApplicationUser],(none) (mapped from Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.IUserStore1[myApp.Web.DAL.Profiles.ApplicationUser], (none)) Resolving parameter "context" of constructor Microsoft.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework.UserStore1[[myApp.Web.DAL.Profiles.ApplicationUser, myApp.Web, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null]](System.Data.Entity.DbContext context) Resolving System.Data.Entity.DbContext,(none) Resolving parameter "existingConnection" of constructor System.Data.Entity.DbContext(System.Data.Common.DbConnection existingConnection, System.Data.Entity.Infrastructure.DbCompiledModel model, System.Boolean contextOwnsConnection) Resolving System.Data.Common.DbConnection,(none)

account controller as i have modified it

 public AccountController(ApplicationUserManager userManager)
 {
      _userManager = userManager;
 }

 private ApplicationUserManager _userManager;

containers i have registered

container.RegisterType<ApplicationUserManager>(new HierarchicalLifetimeManager());
container.RegisterType<IUserStore<ApplicationUser>, UserStore<ApplicationUser>>(new HierarchicalLifetimeManager());

Answer 1

I see you found a solution, but I think I have a simpler one.

You're using Entity Framework, right? So your application almost certainly has something inheriting from DbContext (probably inheriting from IdentityContext<TUser>, which in turn inherits from DbContext in this case). In the default template it's ApplicationDbContext.

In your composition root you can just add container.RegisterType<DbContext, ApplicationDbContext>(new HierarchicalLifetimeManager()); (obviously edit this if yours isn't called ApplicationDbContext).

Answer 2

ok i figured it out. i think. i created my own userstore class and plugged it in. this was helpful somewhat. http://odetocode.com/blogs/scott/archive/2014/01/20/implementing-asp-net-identity.aspx

unity config

container.RegisterType<ApplicationDbContext>(new HierarchicalLifetimeManager());
container.RegisterType<IUserStore<ApplicationUser>, bcUserStore>(new HierarchicalLifetimeManager());

user manager

public static ApplicationUserManager Create(IdentityFactoryOptions<ApplicationUserManager> options, IOwinContext context)
{
   var manager = new ApplicationUserManager(new bcUserStore(context.Get<ApplicationDbContext>()));
// other code that's not relevant
}

user store

public class bcUserStore : IUserStore<ApplicationUser>
{
    private IDbSet<ApplicationUser> _users;
    private ApplicationDbContext _context;
    public bcUserStore(ApplicationDbContext context)
    {
        _users = context.Users;
        _context = context;
    }
    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task CreateAsync(ApplicationUser user)
    {
        user.Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
        _users.Add(user);
        return _context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task DeleteAsync(ApplicationUser user)
    {
        _users.Remove(user);
        return _context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<ApplicationUser> FindByIdAsync(string userId)
    {
        return _users.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.Id == userId);
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task<ApplicationUser> FindByNameAsync(string userName)
    {
        return _users.FirstOrDefaultAsync(x => x.UserName == userName);
    }

    public System.Threading.Tasks.Task UpdateAsync(ApplicationUser user)
    {
        var current = _users.Find(user.Id);
        _context.Entry<ApplicationUser>(current).CurrentValues.SetValues(user);
        return _context.SaveChangesAsync();
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        _users = null;
        _context.Dispose();
    }
}