Ninject with ASP.Net webforms and MVC

Question

I want to use Ninject in a project which combines ASP.Net webforms and ASP.Net MVC. I'm using Ninject 2, but when I use NinjectHttpApplication from Ninject.Web.Mvc it complains when I use somethings like a PageBase that the Kernel is not created.

I have the following in the Global.asax and am unsure what to add.

public class MvcApplication : Ninject.Web.Mvc.NinjectHttpApplication
{
    protected override void OnApplicationStarted()
    {
        AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
        RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
        RegisterAllControllersIn(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
    }

    protected override Ninject.IKernel CreateKernel()
    {
        return new StandardKernel(new ServiceModule());
    }
}

Does somebody has this working somewhere who could share some thoughts or code on this?

Rody van Sambeek Rody van Sambeek · Accepted Answer · 2010-07-08T05:43:41

As Ruben told, I've put up a message on the Ninject Mailing list:

http://groups.google.com/group/ninject/browse_thread/thread/317fc48387399aa6

The answer in short is, it unfortunately isn't really possible. However with a custom PageBase class you can make Property and Method injection possible (from Nate Kohari's answer in the Ninject Mailing List):

public abstract class PageBase : Page
{
  public IKernel Kernel { get; private set; }
  public PageBase() { Kernel = ...; }
  public void Page_Init() { Kernel.Inject(this); }
}

Ninject with ASP.Net webforms and MVC

3 Answers