IoC Container

[shopblocks]

Since dependency injection can be done via $_classes, this is helpful in methods for doing static::_instance('ClassName') to get an instance of the class you want, so that tests can override certain methods.

An IoC Container would be a welcome addition, so that Instances can be instantiated in the parameter list rather than doing the call to _instance() ourselves.

Is this something that would be considered for the roadmap?

[fedeisas]

We're using Pimple in our li3 app and I've found really hard to inject controllers. It would be great if li3 had bindings to implement whatever IoC container you want.

[fedeisas]

Also, the documentation for the current implementation is sparse: http://li3.me/docs/manual/architecture/dependencies.md

[mariuswilms]

@fedeisas Yes it's sparse, as sparse can get. Please open a ticket over at https://github.com/UnionOfRAD/manual so we have something to track it. Needless to say that we'd be glad for help expanding it ;)

[fedeisas]

Hi @DavidPersson! I'd gladly write it, but I have to say I don't understand how this injection is supposed to work.

The $_classes and $_autoConfig variables of lithium\core\Object are really confusing to me. But hey, maybe it's just me.

Anyway, it would be great to have working examples on how to use those features.

[mariuswilms]

I can shed some light on it :)