MEF Error message

1
votes

Can anybody explain this error message:

The composition remains unchanged. The changes were rejected because of the following error(s): The composition produced a single composition error. The root cause is provided below. Review the CompositionException.Errors property for more detailed information.

1) No valid exports were found that match the constraint '((exportDefinition.ContractName == "Silverbits.ApplicationServices.ApplicationServicesManager") AndAlso (exportDefinition.Metadata.ContainsKey("ExportTypeIdentity") AndAlso "Silverbits.ApplicationServices.ApplicationServicesManager".Equals(exportDefinition.Metadata.get_Item("ExportTypeIdentity"))))', invalid exports may have been rejected.

Resulting in: Cannot set import 'Silverbits.Applications.SilverbitsApplication.ApplicationServices (ContractName="Silverbits.ApplicationServices.ApplicationServicesManager")' on part 'Framework.App'. Element: Silverbits.Applications.SilverbitsApplication.ApplicationServices (ContractName="Silverbits.ApplicationServices.ApplicationServicesManager") --> Framwork.App

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silverlight-4.0mef

2 Answers

1
votes

While the ApplicationServicesManager class may be available and marked with an [Export] attribute, this part may still have been rejected because it has itself imports which cannot be satisfied.

Take a look at the section Diagnosing Composition problems in the MEF documentation.

1
votes

It's looking for something like this:

[Export]
public class ApplicationServicesManager
{
}

or like this:

public class SomeClass
{
    [Export]
    public ApplicationServicesManager AppServices { get; private set; }
}

But it can't find one in the scope of your provided exports. If you're Exporting it from a property or field, make sure the object exporting it has been composed with the container. If it's a class export and the class is present in another assembly, make sure the assembly is in the container's catalog.