Berke,

I'm very much aware of the implications of using the service locator, but I
didn't come here to argument about the service locator being an
anti-pattern. I was looking for answers related to Castle and Workflow.

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Berke Sokhan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Just to note (and sorry I wont be answering your questions),
>
> Service Locator is an anti-pattern and leads to poor man's DI:
>
> http://blog.ploeh.dk/2010/02/03/ServiceLocatorIsAnAntiPattern.aspx
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6833995/how-to-avoid-service-locator-anti-pattern
>
> http://www.andyfrench.info/2011/05/service-locator-anti-pattern_17.html
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9409068/why-is-mvc4-using-the-service-locator-anti-pattern
>
>
> I dont know WF very well, but may be you could've refactored your
> application that it wont be needing common service locator usage anymore...
>
> Just my .5 cent...
>
>
> 2012/7/8 Stephen Hardie <[email protected]>
>
>>  Has anyone run into any issues with using Castle w/ MS ServiceLocator
>> and then later invoking the workflowInvoker or WorkflowApplication
>> (workflow foundation)?
>>
>> Here's the steps that cause problems...
>>
>> 1. Register services through Castle Windsor (as singleton)
>> 2. Retrieve a service through the ServiceLocator API (
>> http://commonservicelocator.codeplex.com/ )
>> 3. Execute the service I retrieved.
>> 4. This service then executes an activity/workflow using the
>> WorkflowInvoker.
>> 5. If I try and retrieve the service through the ServiceLocator again
>> then it fails saying it's unable to find the component.
>>
>> The only workaround I've found for this is to run the workflow in a
>> separate app domain and call it via a MarshalByRef proxy.
>>
>> When I try and debug this after the WorkflowInvoker runs I can see the
>> services in ServiceLocator are gone.
>>
>> Does WF interact with ServiceLocator during cleanup?
>> Is this a Workflow Issue, ServiceLocator issue, or Castle Windsor issue?
>> Is there a direction you could point me in on this issue?
>>
>>
>>
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