IOC not initialized?

[Former user]

It appears to me that any attempt to use the IOC will always result in this code:

  FGetInstance := function(Service: PTypeInfo; Key: string): TValue
    begin
      raise EInvalidOperationException.Create('IoC is not initialized.');
    end;

being executed.

Or, put another way, anytime you try to use the [Security('foo')] attribute, you'll get the exception above.

I can find no way to initialize the IOC.....?

Or am I missing something?

[Former user]

IoC is a static entity used for service location and must be initialized to be used.

If you are building a typical MVVM application then the following line will initialize the framework (including IoC) by running the default bootstrapper (TSpringBootstrapper<TRootModel>).

Application.Start<IAppViewModel>();

If you are not running your application in this way then you need to configure IoC before using it. You have to initialize these methods:

IoC.GetInstance := GetInstance;
IoC.GetAllInstances := GetAllInstances;

Take a look into DSharp.PresentationModel.SpringBootstrapper.pas and DSharp.PresentationModel.Bootstrapper.pas to see how we initialize it with spring container.

[Former user]

Marko --

All that just to use the [Security] attribute? Yikes!

Thanks -- I'll look into it.

[Former user]

You could also provide you own TSecurityAspect implementation by copying unit DSharp.Aspects.Security and writing your own password validation (the current one seems like it is written for demo purposes - it uses hard-coded passwords).