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Xander
Xander

Reputation: 9171

does exporting two times in mef point to the same object

[Export]
[Export(typeof(IClass))
public Class : IClass

Can I expect the same singleton when I use constructor injection for Class and IClass?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 101

Answers (1)

Matthew Abbott
Matthew Abbott

Reputation: 61599

Yes, regardless of the number of exports, the CreationPolicy.Shared is specified per type, which means as the actual runtime type resultant of Export and Export(typeof(IClass)). You can see this with an example:

public interface IMyClass
{
  string Name { get; set; }
}

[Export]
[Export(typeof(IMyClass))]
public class MyClass : IMyClass
{
  private static int count;

  public MyClass()
  {
    count++;
    Name = "Instance " + count;
  }

  public string Name { get; set; }
}

var container = new CompositionContainer(
  new AssemblyCatalog(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()));

var instance1 = container.GetExportedValue<MyClass>();
var instance2 = container.GetExportedValue<IMyClass>();

// should be true.
bool referenceEquals = object.ReferenceEquals(instance1, instance2);

// should also be true.
bool nameEquals = instance1.Name == instance2.Name;

Upvotes: 4

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