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MEF and ASP.NET MVC sample updated

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Sample updated to Preview 6. I've also took the time to simplify the MvcCatalog and to hard set the Creation Policy to Non Shared for all controllers.

Have fun! 

MvcWithMEF.zip

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  • Anonymous
    August 03, 2009
    Excellent! Was looking for a sample that worked around the (now) obsolete metadata in the GetExports function (CreateController).

  • Anonymous
    November 18, 2009
    Thank you for the article and sample code.  I'm feeling my way through it.  I noticed the views in your Extensions class are not strongly typed.  Instead, you are populating ViewData dictionary using magic strings: ViewData["forums"] = _forumService.GetEnabledForumsRecentActivity(); Can we use strongly types views in the Extension classes?  I hates using magic strings and dictionaries I do.  Anyways, thanks for your efforts.

  • Anonymous
    May 14, 2010
    Great code, that is what i was looking for. But it seems, that it doesn't work with MVC 2 and MEF Net 4.0 I get the following error message after refreshing a page: A single instance of controller 'xxxController' cannot be used to handle multiple requests. If a custom controller factory is in use, make sure that it creates a new instance of the controller for each request. GetExports() does not return a new instance, even if the controller is decorated with [Export, PartCreationPolicy(CreationPolicy.NonShared)]. Is there any workaround for this, i would like to use this approach so much in my current project. Thanks a lot.

  • Anonymous
    May 25, 2010
    @Tom, I'm sure you can. It should work as it's no correlation with MEF. Thanks

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2010
    I agree with Tom, it doesn't work when the view is strongly typed...any ideas?

  • Anonymous
    June 16, 2010
    Did you try with the very latest version of the sample?

  • Anonymous
    October 20, 2010
    How to add another function to controler (wiki ext. as  sample) public ViewResult RSVPForm() {            return View(ViewRoot + "RSVPForm.aspx"); } and then call it in index.aspx  <%= Html.ActionLink("Go to reg form", "RSVPForm")%> Thanks, and sorry for my bad english

  • Anonymous
    October 25, 2010
    Hi, thank you for the good article :) I have one question. How i can change plugin loader to force it load plugins without add reference to main web app. When i change var assembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(fileName) to  Assembly.LoadFile i got some trouble with partial view in Forum plugin... Thanks a lot