Comparing .Net IoC containers, part seven: MEF
The Managed Extensibility Framework from Microsof is part of the .Net 4.0 framework, but is not an IoC container. Well, not quite, but so close that you might take it for one. It is an Extensibility framework. It really shines when you want to know about all the classes that implement some interface (say IPlugin or IApplicationPart), and get notified when a new one shows up at runtime. So you can get told about all the plugins or components that your application has been given. Continue reading...
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