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Inject Controller Libraries Dynamically at Runtime in ASP.NET Web API using Custom Assembly Resolvers

by bill-s, 2013-05-18T16:58:46.000Z

Recently I was working with a CMS application from a reputed commercial vendor and it looked like they were doing dynamic code gen as the CMS features and components were added. It was intriguing and I kept that at the back of my head. Recently while exploring Web API features, I came across an extension point I had missed earlier – CustomAssemblyResolvers. This extension point is very interesting as in, it is invoked whenever WebAPI has to resolve a Url to a corresponding controller and it can’t find it in its ‘cache’. This gives us a nice opportunity to ‘inject’ Web API controller libraries into a system dynamically.

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