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  • Dave Hobbs 2 posts 83 karma points
    Jan 18, 2018 @ 11:15
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    Using Autofac - how to inject / use DatabaseContext

    I've started using Autofac and separated my "services" with the goal I can write unit tests. Some services need to access custom DB tables. What's the best practice for accessing / using the Umbraco DBContext?

    I have something like: enter image description here

    But obviously that's not going to be right for unit tests? Do I need some kind of factory / wrapper. Does anyone have any examples of how to do this?

    Thanks in advance, Dave

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  • Tom Steer 161 posts 596 karma points
    Jan 18, 2018 @ 13:13
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    Hi Dave,

    You should just need to register the DatabaseContext with Autofac container and then put it as a parameter to your constructor.

    builder.Register(ctx => ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext).ExternallyOwned();

    Cheers,

    Tom

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  • Dave Hobbs 2 posts 83 karma points
    Jan 19, 2018 @ 11:38
    Dave Hobbs
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    Hi Tom,

    Brilliant - thanks! That seems to work though I'll confess I'm lost how it's injecting it!

    To anyone who finds themselves here it just then needed injecting as

    public ClientsDataRepository(DatabaseContext databaseContext)
        {
            //todo: this is not great?! needs a wrapper so I can inject it? 
            //_db = ApplicationContext.Current.DatabaseContext.Database;
            _db = databaseContext.Database;
        }
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  • Martin Griffiths 826 posts 1269 karma points c-trib
    Dec 30, 2020 @ 14:22
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    Hi Dave

    Can you provide a little more context into how you used this?

    Martin

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