Cannot Inject Dependencies into Asp.net MVC 4 Web API Controller using Windsor Container

Question

I am unable to configure Windsor Container with asp.net web api, though it working fine with regular controller(IController).

I have regular controller and api controller in same project.

Here is the code for regular controller which working fine:

/// <summary>
    /// Controller Factory class for instantiating controllers using the Windsor IoC container.
    /// </summary>
    public class WindsorControllerActivator : IControllerActivator
    {
        private readonly IWindsorContainer container;
        public WindsorControllerActivator(IWindsorContainer container)
        {
            this.container = container;
        }
        public IController Create(RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
        {
            var controller = (IController)container.GetService(controllerType);
            return controller;
        }

}

and in global.asax.cs

 container.Register(Component.For<IWindsorContainer>().Instance(container));
  container.Register(Component.For<IControllerActivator>().ImplementedBy<WindsorControllerActivator>());

and below is the problematic code:

public class WindsorApiControllerActivator : IHttpControllerActivator 
    {
        private readonly IWindsorContainer container;
        public WindsorApiControllerActivator(IWindsorContainer container)
        {
            this.container = container;
        }
        public IHttpController Create(HttpRequestMessage request, HttpControllerDescriptor controllerDescriptor, Type controllerType)
        {
            var controller = (IHttpController)container.GetService(controllerType);
            return controller;
        }
    }

and installer:

 container.Register(Component.For<IHttpControllerActivator>().ImplementedBy<WindsorApiControllerActivator>());

however, i am never able to execute WindsorApiControllerActivator.

when, i put debugger in WindsorControllerActivator it work as expected, but for WindsorApiControllerActivator it never get executed.

your help will be appreciated

Answer 1

I added the following code in global.asax.cs, and it works:)

 _windsorContainer = new WindsorContainer();
    _windsorContainer.Install(new EventSorbetInstaller());
    DependencyResolver.SetResolver(new WindsorDependencyResolver(_windsorContainer));
   ServiceLocator.SetLocatorProvider(() => new WindsorServiceLocator(_windsorContainer));
   RegisterFilterProviders(FilterProviders.Providers, _windsorContainer);

  var activator = _windsorContainer.Resolve<IHttpControllerActivator>();

   GlobalConfiguration.Configuration.Services.Replace(typeof(IHttpControllerActivator), activator);