Castle Windsor - IoC registration for open generic interfaces?

Question

Does Castle Windsor permit registration of an open generic interface or do I need to register each possible typed instance separately?

Example - the below with types T,Z fails upon compilation unless I separately specify T, Z with strong types.

 container.Register(Component
      .For<IAdapterFactory<T,Z>>()
      .ImplementedBy<AdapterFactory<T,Z>>()
      .LifeStyle.PerWebRequest);

"Strong types" not an accurate description since templating does use strong types in C#. My point is that Castle Windsor does not seem to accept templates for registration, so it would seem I need to enumerate all possible types within ConstrollerInstaller.cs in order to register the same IAdapterFactory against multiple possible typed invokations. Seems strange. — goldfinger
Can you say more about this? "it's not Windsor's limitation, it's how .NET runtime works" — goldfinger
You cannot close a generic method (like Component.For<>) over a non-closed generic type. This is how .NET generics work. Have a look here for some more insight msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b8ytshk6.aspx — Krzysztof Kozmic

Krzysztof Kozmic Krzysztof Kozmic · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-10T02:50:42

It's called open generic, and yes, Windsor does support that.

 container.Register(Component
             .For(typeof(IAdapterFactory<,>))
             .ImplementedBy(typeof(AdapterFactory<,>))
             .LifestylePerWebRequest());

Castle Windsor - IoC registration for open generic interfaces?

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