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dominicbetts — Fri, 17 May 2013 05:09:03 GMT

Microsoft Unity Container 3 – Final Release

Release Notes

Updated 4/25/2013

Welcome to the final release of Microsoft Unity Application Block 3 (Unity)!
This document contains a brief summary of Unity. Additional information and bug fixes delivered after release are available on the Unity Community site and on the Unity MSDN site.

Where to get it?

Via NuGet – use the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio and search online for the “unity” packages.

What’s New in this Release?

This major release of Unity contains compelling new features and updates that will make developers more productive. These include:

Unity now supports registration by convention through the new RegisterTypes method.
Unity now supports resolving objects of type Lazy<T>.
Unity now includes support for ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API.
Unity now supports NetCore (Windows Store apps).
- Note: Internally, the WinRT namespaces that support Unity in Windows Store apps (present in Unity 3.0 Preview) have been renamed to NetCore.
The Unity assembly is now Security Transparent.
The bug that caused a first chance exception when registering a singleton is fixed.
The bug that resulted in static properties not being filtered out when doing property injection is fixed.

System requirements

Supported architectures: x86 and x64.
Operating systems: Microsoft Windows® 8, Microsoft Windows® 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012.
Supported .NET Frameworks: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, .NET for Windows Store Apps (previously known as WinRT).
Rich development environment: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Professional, Ultimate, or Express editions.

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Providing feedback

Microsoft would appreciate feedback on any issues found, or any other general comments on this release.
To report a bug, use online Issue Tracker. Other feedback or questions can be posted on the Enterprise Library Codeplex forum.
We look forward to your comments!

Support

Community support is provided via Enterprise Library Codeplex forum.

Known Issues

Documentation has not been tested for this release and the final documentation will be available later.
QuickStarts and sample code included have not been extensively tested. For example, they have not been tested for performance, security, globalization, and accessibility.

Updated Wiki: Unity3

gmelnik — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:50:36 GMT

Microsoft Unity 3 - April 2013

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gmelnik — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 03:48:31 GMT

Project Description
The Unity Application Block (Unity) is a lightweight extensible dependency injection container with support for constructor, property, and method call injection.

Unity addresses the issues faced by developers engaged in component-based software engineering. Modern business applications consist of custom business objects and components that perform specific or generic tasks within the application, in addition to components that individually address cross cutting concerns such as logging, authentication, authorization, caching, and exception handling.

The key to successfully building such applications is to achieve a decoupled or very loosely coupled design. Loosely coupled applications are more flexible and easier to maintain. They are also easier to test during development. You can mock up shims (lightweight mock implementations) of objects that have strong concrete dependencies; such as database connections, network connections, ERP connections, and rich user interface components.

Dependency injection is a prime technique for building loosely coupled applications. It provides ways to handle the dependencies between objects. For example, an object that processes customer information may depend on other objects that access the data store, validate the information, and check that the user is authorized to perform updates. Dependency injection techniques can ensure that the customer class correctly instantiates and populates all of these objects, especially where the dependencies may be abstract.

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Webcast Demos
The demos from our Unity webcasts are available for download from the Webcast demos page.

Sample Code
Additional samples using Unity are available from the Code samples page.

Got questions, bugs or suggestions for the new CodePlex site? Report them here!

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Updated Wiki: Unity3ReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:59:09 GMT

Microsoft Unity Container 3 – Final Release

Release Notes

Where to get it?

Via NuGet – use the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio and search online for the “unity” packages.

What’s New in this Release?

This major release of Unity contains compelling new features and updates that will make developers more productive. These include:

Unity now supports registration by convention through the new RegisterTypes method.
Unity now supports resolving objects of type Lazy<T>.
Unity now includes support for ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API.
Unity now supports NetCore (Windows Store apps).
- Note: Internally, the WinRT namespaces that support Unity in Windows Store apps (present in Unity 3.0 Preview) have been renamed to NetCore.
The Unity assembly is now Security Transparent.
The bug that caused a first chance exception when registering a singleton is fixed.
The bug that resulted in static properties not being filtered out when doing property injection is fixed.

System requirements

Supported architectures: x86 and x64.
Operating systems: Microsoft Windows® 8, Microsoft Windows® 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012.
Supported .NET Frameworks: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, .NET for Windows Store Apps (previously known as WinRT).
Rich development environment: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Professional, Ultimate, or Express editions.

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Providing feedback

Support

Community support is provided via Enterprise Library Codeplex forum.

Known Issues

Documentation has not been tested for this release and the final documentation will be available later.
QuickStarts and sample code included have not been extensively tested.

Updated Wiki: Unity3ReleaseNotes

dominicbetts — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:26:43 GMT

Microsoft Unity Container 3 – Final Release

Release Notes

Where to get it?

Via NuGet – use the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio and search online for the “unity” packages.

What’s New in this Release?

This major release of Unity contains compelling new features and updates that will make developers more productive. These include:

Unity now supports registration by convention through the new RegisterTypes method.
Unity now supports resolving objects of type Lazy<T>.
Unity now includes support for ASP.NET MVC and ASP.NET Web API.
Unity now supports NetCore (Windows Store apps).
- Note: Internally, the WinRT namespaces that support Unity in Windows Store apps (present in Unity 3.0 Preview) have been renamed to NetCore.
The Unity assembly is now Security Transparent.
The bug that caused a first chance exception when registering a singleton is fixed.
The bug that resulted in static properties not being filtered out when doing property injection is fixed.

System requirements

Supported architectures: x86 and x64.
Operating systems: Microsoft Windows® 8, Microsoft Windows® 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012.
Supported .NET Frameworks: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, .NET for Windows Store Apps (previously known as WinRT).
Rich development environment: Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Professional, Ultimate, or Express editions.

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Providing feedback

Support

Community support is provided via Enterprise Library Codeplex forum.

Known Issues

Documentation has not been tested for this release and the final documentation will be available later.
QuickStarts and sample code included have not been extensively tested.

Updated Wiki: Unity3

gmelnik — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:07:11 GMT

Microsoft Unity 3 - April 2013

Release Notes
Get it via NuGet or
Official Download - Unity 3
Dependency Injection with Unity - Developer's Guide
Unity reference documentation

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gmelnik — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:03:18 GMT

Microsoft Unity 3

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gmelnik — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:15:17 GMT

News

Unity 3.0 fpr .NET4.5 Preview is available now
Unity 3.0 for .NET 4.5 and WinRT - Preview

Unity 2.1 For Desktop and Silverlight - May 2011 released
Download it from here! or via NuGet

Webcast Demos
The demos from our Unity webcasts are available for download from the Webcast demos page.

Sample Code
Additional samples using Unity are available from the Code samples page.

Got questions, bugs or suggestions for the new CodePlex site? Report them here!

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Unity Configuration - Registration by Convention

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Unity 3.0 Preview for .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT

Friday, August 10, 2012 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Unity 2.1 - August 2012 update

Thursday, August 02, 2012 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Unity 3.0 Preview for .NET 4.5

Friday, October 28, 2011 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Interception in Silverlight demo

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Hands-on Labs for Enterprise Library 5.0 and Unity 2.0 Released

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Enterprise Library 5.0/Unity 2.0 – second batch of deliverables

Wednesday, May 05, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Don’t overlook Enterprise Library 5.0 Migration Guide

Saturday, April 24, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 Released!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

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Sunday, May 02, 2010 | From Software Mechanics

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Friday, January 08, 2010 | From Software Mechanics

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mazhekin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:44:40 GMT

Microsoft.Practices.Unity - what version are releasaed?

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mazhekin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:43:54 GMT

and i get always error in LoaderExcepctions -> "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=2.1.505.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35' or one of its dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)":"Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=2.1.505.2, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35"}

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mazhekin — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 11:42:22 GMT

I have installed this pakage and view properties of the assembly Microsoft.Practices.Unity. I dont understand why path to package is \packages\Unity.2.1.505.2\lib\NET35\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.dll but Version 2.1.505.0

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seamus — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 18:27:39 GMT

Will Unity be updated to support WinPhone development? At least WinPhone 8?

Updated Wiki: Unity2

gmelnik — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:15:07 GMT

Microsoft Unity 2.1 - Aug 2012 Update

Release Notes
Get it via NuGet or
Official Download - Unity 2.1
Official Download - Unity 2.1 for Silverlight
Unity 2.1 Aug 2012 Update documentation is the same as Unity 2.0.

Microsoft Unity 2.1 - Final Release (May 2011)

Release Notes - Unity 2.1 for Desktop
Release Notes - Unity 2.1 for Silverlight
Official Download - Unity 2.1
Official Download - Unity 2.1 for Silverlight
Also available as
- Unity 2.1 NuGet package
- Unity Interception 2.1 NuGet package
Unity 2.1 documentation is the same as Unity 2.0.

Microsoft Unity 2.0 - Final Release (April 2010)

Change Log
Release Notes - Unity 2.0 for Desktop
Release Notes - Unity 2.0 for Silverlight
Official Download - Unity 2.0
Official Download - Unity 2.0 for Silverlight
Additional Materials Download
Migration Guide
Hands-on Labs (part of Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 lab set)
Videos
Team
See also Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0

Updated Wiki: Home

gmelnik — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:00:19 GMT

News

Unity 3.0 fpr .NET4.5 Preview is avaialble now
Unity 3.0 for .NET 4.5 and WinRT - Preview

Unity 2.1 For Desktop and Silverlight - May 2011 released
Download it from here! or via NuGet

Webcast Demos
The demos from our Unity webcasts are available for download from the Webcast demos page.

Sample Code
Additional samples using Unity are available from the Code samples page.

Got questions, bugs or suggestions for the new CodePlex site? Report them here!

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Unity 3.0 Preview for .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT

Friday, August 10, 2012 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Unity 2.1 - August 2012 update

Thursday, August 02, 2012 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Unity 3.0 Preview for .NET 4.5

Friday, October 28, 2011 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Interception in Silverlight demo

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Hands-on Labs for Enterprise Library 5.0 and Unity 2.0 Released

Tuesday, May 25, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Enterprise Library 5.0/Unity 2.0 – second batch of deliverables

Wednesday, May 05, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Don’t overlook Enterprise Library 5.0 Migration Guide

Saturday, April 24, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 Released!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Enterprise Library 5.0 is near: Beta 2 is out!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

Enterprise Library 5.0 Beta1 and Unity 2.0 Beta1 are released

Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | From Grigori Melnik: Thoughts on Agile Software Engineering and Beyond : Unity

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Wednesday, May 05, 2010 | From Software Mechanics

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Sunday, May 02, 2010 | From Software Mechanics

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Saturday, April 03, 2010 | From Software Mechanics

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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | From Software Mechanics

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Updated Wiki: Unity30PreviewReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:49:27 GMT

Microsoft Unity 3.0.1208-Preview for .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT

Release Notes

The Unity 3.0.1208.0 Preview is a port of Unity 2.1.505.2 (Aug 2012) to the .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT. The major changes include:

Unity projects updated to target the .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT (RTM).
Dynamic build plans modified to use compiled lambda expressions instead of Reflection.Emit.
Converting reflection to use the new TypeInfo for reflection.
Projects updated to work with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Notes:

The public-facing interfaces for consuming Unity remain intact and most of the behavior is preserved but there are several changes to the internal implementation which might impact you if you have extended Unity, specifically the dynamic build plans.
The Microsoft.Practices.Unity.UnityServiceLocator class cannot be used under the WinRT profile because the CommonServiceLocator is not yet available under the WinRT profile.
Only the core Unity libraries will work with the WinRT profile. The Unity.Configuration, Unity.Interception, and Unity.Interception.Configuration assemblies will not work under the WinRT profile.
There’s no Silverlight versions for this preview. Use Unity 2.1.505.2 for Silverlight as the behavior is exactly the same.
Only unit tests from the Unity 2.1 suite have been verified. No perf or security testing has been performed. Full scale testing is to be done for the final release.
The preview release refers to the Unity 2.x documentation set (also available in PDF and CHM).
NuGet packages are built as “Prerelease”. When installing via NuGet Package Manager, make sure to select “Include Prerelease” from the drop-down control near the Sort-by field to see the package in the public NuGet repository.

Updated Wiki: Unity30PreviewReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 21:30:53 GMT

Microsoft Unity for .NET 4.5 / WinRT 3.0.1208-Preview

Release Notes

The Unity 3.0.1208.0 Preview is a port of Unity 2.1.505.2 (Aug 2012) to the .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT. The major changes include:

Unity projects updated to target the .NET Framework 4.5 and WinRT (RTM).
Dynamic build plans modified to use compiled lambda expressions instead of Reflection.Emit.
Converting reflection to use the new TypeInfo for reflection.
Projects updated to work with Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.

Notes:

The public-facing interfaces for consuming Unity remain intact and most of the behavior is preserved but there are several changes to the internal implementation which might impact you if you have extended Unity, specifically the dynamic build plans.
The Microsoft.Practices.Unity.UnityServiceLocator class cannot be used under the WinRT profile because the CommonServiceLocator is not yet available under the WinRT profile.
Only the core Unity libraries will work with the WinRT profile. The Unity.Configuration, Unity.Interception, and Unity.Interception.Configuration assemblies will not work under the WinRT profile.
There’s no Silverlight versions for this preview. Use Unity 2.1.505.2 for Silverlight as the behavior is exactly the same.
Only unit tests from the Unity 2.1 suite have been verified. No perf or security testing has been performed. Full scale testing is to be done for the final release.
The preview release refers to the Unity 2.x documentation set (also available in PDF and CHM).
NuGet packages are built as “Prerelease”. When installing via NuGet Package Manager, make sure to select “Include Prerelease” from the drop-down control near the Sort-by field to see the package in the public NuGet repository.

Updated Wiki: Unity21ReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:37:14 GMT

Microsoft Unity 2.1 - May 2011 Release, Aug 2012 Release

Release Notes

Welcome to the release of Microsoft Unity 2.1!

What’s New

This optional service release of Unity (2.1.505.0) contains fixes to the Unity Interception Extension:

For the list of fixes in the August 2012 Update (2.1.505.2) please see this page.

System Requirements

Supported architectures: x86 and x64.
Operating system: Microsoft Windows® 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate; Windows Server 2003 R2; Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; or Windows Vista with Service Pack 2.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 or Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.

For a rich development environment, the following are recommended:

Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 Development System with Service Pack 1 (any edition) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Development System (any edition).

To run the unit tests, the following are also required:

Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual Studio 2010 Professional, or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition.
Moq v3.1 assemblies.

If these dependencies are not met, you may not be able to use certain features of Unity.

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Reference Documentation (same as Unity 2.0)
Migration Guide (from Unity 1.2 to Unity 2.x)
Hands-on Labs (same as Unity 2.0)
Community Codeplex forum

See also:

Providing Feedback

Updated Wiki: Unity21ReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:36:52 GMT

Microsoft Unity 2.1 - May 2011 Release, Aug 2012 Release

Release Notes

Welcome to the release of Microsoft Unity 2.1!

What’s New

This optional service release of Unity (2.1.505.0) contains fixes to the Unity Interception Extension:

For the list of fixes in the August 2012 Update (2.1.505.2) please see this page

System Requirements

Supported architectures: x86 and x64.
Operating system: Microsoft Windows® 7 Professional, Enterprise or Ultimate; Windows Server 2003 R2; Windows Server 2008 with Service Pack 2; Windows Server 2008 R2; or Windows Vista with Service Pack 2.
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 with Service Pack 1 or Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0.

For a rich development environment, the following are recommended:

Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 Development System with Service Pack 1 (any edition) or Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Development System (any edition).

To run the unit tests, the following are also required:

Visual Studio 2010 Premium, Visual Studio 2010 Professional, or Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate edition.
Moq v3.1 assemblies.

If these dependencies are not met, you may not be able to use certain features of Unity.

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Reference Documentation (same as Unity 2.0)
Migration Guide (from Unity 1.2 to Unity 2.x)
Hands-on Labs (same as Unity 2.0)
Community Codeplex forum

See also:

Providing Feedback

Updated Wiki: Unity21Aug12UpdateReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:34:09 GMT

Microsoft Unity 2.1 - August 2012 Update

Release Notes

This optional update to Unity (2.1.505.2) contains the following fixes:

1. Addressing a thread safety issue:
http://unity.codeplex.com/discussions/328841

2. Improving debugging experience on System.Threading.Synchronization.LockException:
https://entlib.uservoice.com/forums/89245-general/suggestions/2377307-fix-the-system-threading-synchronizationlockexcep

3. Improving debugging experience through better error messaging when a type cannot be loaded:
http://unity.codeplex.com/workitem/9223

4. Supporting a scenario of performing a BuildUp() on an existing instance of a class that doesn’t have a public constructor:
http://unity.codeplex.com/workitem/9460

To make the update experience as simple as possible for users and to avoid the need for assembly binding redirects, we chose to only increment the assembly file version, not the .NET assembly version.

How to Get the Update

Via Nuget.
Symbols and source are available as a separate download under http://unity.codeplex.com/releases/view/31277

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Reference Documentation (same as Unity 2.0)
Migration Guide (from Unity 1.2 to Unity 2.x)
Hands-on Labs (same as Unity 2.0)
Community Codeplex forum

See also:

Release Notes for Unity 2.1

Providing Feedback

Updated Wiki: Unity21Aug12UpdateReleaseNotes

gmelnik — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:30:06 GMT

Microsoft Unity 2.1 - August 2012 Update

Release Notes

How to Get the Update

Via Nuget.
Symbols and source are available as a separate download under http://unity.codeplex.com/releases/view/31277

Learning More

The following learning resources are recommended:

Reference Documentation (same as Unity 2.0)
Migration Guide (from Unity 1.2 to Unity 2.x)
Hands-on Labs (same as Unity 2.0)
Community Codeplex forum

See also:

Release Notes for Unity 2.1