Castle Windsor and instantiation as factory

Question

I need to get N instances of an object where I won’t know N until launch, but I am also trying to avoid container calls inside my own code.

In Spring, you do the following ...

• Create an interface (which we will call IFactory) using a method such as CreateFoo ();
• Register the IFactory interface with Spring, but configure it so that it knows it as a factory.
• In your class, ask for IFactory, which Spring will certainly provide for you.
• Call CreateFoo () for IFactory. Spring will intercept your call and create an instance of Foo for you.

Does anyone know if this is possible in Windsor and how will I do it? Or even some way to achieve my goal (get N copies of something WITHOUT talking directly to the container).

Thanks!

Answer 1

Yes, Windsor Castle has a factory-typed object to address this particular scenario.