Constructor parameters for controllers without a DI container for ASP.NET MVC

Question

Does anyone have any code examples on how to create controllers that have parameters other than using a Dependency Injection Container?

I see plenty of samples with using containers like StructureMap, but nothing if you wanted to pass in the dependency class yourself.

Answer 1

One way is to create a ControllerFactory:

public class MyControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
    public override IController CreateController(
        RequestContext requestContext, string controllerName)
    {
        return [construct your controller here] ;
    }
}

Then, in Global.asax.cs:

    private void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(
            new MyNamespace.MyControllerFactory());
    }