Retrieving dependencies in Application_Start when using LightInject.Mvc

I’m using LightInject.MVC in an MVC 4 Application. The first block of my Application_Start method creates and intializes my ServiceContainer with a set of service registrations. It also sets the scope manager to PerRequestScope.

    var container = new ServiceContainer();
    container.EnablePerWebRequestScope();
    container.EnableAnnotatedConstructorInjection();

    container
        .ScanAndLoadAllCompositionRoots()  //Registrations are performed here
                         container.RegisterControllers(Assembly.GetCallingAssembly(),Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
            container.EnableMvc();

When I try to resolve one of my services later on in the Application_Start method as so: var authorizationPermissionManager = container.GetInstance<IAuthorizationPermissionManager>();

I get the following exception:

“Unable to locate a scope manager for the current HttpRequest. Ensure that the LightInjectHttpModule has been added.”

I understand that the scope manager isn’t associated with the HttpRequest until after Application_Start is executed, so I’m confused on how I’m supposed to retrieve my dependency.

[seesharper]

That is very plausible. That is why you might want to do this before enabling the perwebrequestscope.

[seesharper]

Hi again. Took a look at your repo and it looks like it only contains parts of the original application.

“If you put thus into a simple repro, we can have a look at it.”

What I meant by this is a minimal and runnable application that contains no more than the code needed to demonstrate the problem. A small reproduction that we can fork and hit F5 to see the problem.

This might seem like nitpicking to some people, but otherwise it would take to much time to try to figure out the context and the surrounding parts of you applications.