appendix

Appendix. Charts

DI Container feature comparison chart

Feature	Castle Windsor	Structure-Map	Spring .NET	Autofac	Unity	MEF
CODE AS CONFIGURATION	X	X		X	X
AUTO-REGISTRATION	X	X		X
XML configuration	X	X	X	X	X
Modular configuration	X	X	X	X	X	X
Custom lifetimes	X	X		(X)	X
Decommissioning	X			X	(X)	X
INTERCEPTION	X		X		X
(X) = partial support

Lifestyle Comparison Chart

Lifestyle	Castle Windsor	Structure-Map	Spring .NET	Autofac	Unity	MEF
SINGLETON	X	X	X	X	X	X
TRANSIENT	X	X	X	X	X	X
PER GRAPH		X			X
WEB REQUEST CONTEXT	X	X	(X)		(X)
Thread Context	X	X			X
Session Context		X	(X)
POOLED	X
Scoped				X	X
Custom	X	X			X
(X) = partial support

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