AppBuilder class

hello there iam currently trying to think of a solution so i can make myself a AppBuilder without needing to reference all projects directly

basicly i have a Program.cs from a wpf app in Project B but in project A i want to be able to say something like

cs 
builder.AddSingleton<LoggerForProjectA>();

how could that be done?

would the Use extension method pattern work?

in project B:

side point: i would stick to the existing ILogger<T> and don't reinvent logging stack

in project A:

you don't need / not supposed to register anything when it comes to logging

its not only about logging its just as an example

project B gets to control what gets registered

even though project A actually does the registration

sure 👍 i can only reply with what you shared 😉

this would be in project B then right?

never heard of that

it's what you see a lot of libraries do

like automapper has an extension method AddAutomapper() which handles all the registration for you

uhh, the other way around actually i think, now that i re-read your post

project B is the app you're actually running, right

and project A is some kind of library or whatever?

in that case you would have an extension method with AddSingleton<LoggerForProjectA>() in project A somewhere

and call the extension method in project B

the entire project is a 3 Layer wpf application having 3 main parts UI Core and HostProcess

HostProcess is the first thing that starts wich boots up the entire application and launches the Launcher wpf project

the wpf project might need some parts of core then wich is a class library

same with other ui components

one other side part we also have which is the plugin managment

like for logging we make a own project wich implements our plugin structure and load it in with the host process before the wpf apps start

sounds like it'll still work then yeah

iam refactoring the entire solution architecture for the 3rd time now as the team still isnt happy with it xd

Have the bootstrapper be separate from the core so it can reference projects directly

Or include it in the outermost layer

@Dropps

its not having a bootstrapper its not a web app

Doesnt matter, if you are encountering circular references, you need to change something

I use bootstrapper as a generic term to describe the code that initializes and starts your app

It should be in your presentation layer

Or separate from the three distinct layers