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C# – How to supply IOptions

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The options pattern is an indirect way to dependency inject settings into a registered service. If you’re using code that implements the options pattern, then you’re required to supply an IOptions<T> object. For example, let’s say you’re using the MovieService class and it has the following constructor: This requires you to supply the IOptions<MovieSettings> parameter. … Read more

Calling BuildServiceProvider from application code results in an additional copy of singleton services being created

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When you try to call BuildServiceProvider(), you get the following warning: Warning ASP0000 Calling ‘BuildServiceProvider’ from application code results in an additional copy of singleton services being created. Consider alternatives such as dependency injecting services as parameters to ‘Configure’. There are two scenarios where you may be calling BuildServiceProvider() because you want to resolve services … Read more

C# – How to read configuration from appsettings.json

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The appsettings.json file is a convenient way to store and retrieve your application’s configuration. You can add it to any project and then use the Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration library to work with it. Since appsettings.json is just a JSON file, you can add any section / values you want (this is easier than working with XML-based app.config … Read more