What is Dependency Injection in .NET Core ?
Arvind Yadav
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Dependency Injection (DI) in .NET Core is a design pattern used to achieve loose coupling between classes by providing the required dependencies (objects or services) from outside the class instead of creating them inside the class. In traditional programming, a class directly creates the objects it needs, which makes the code tightly coupled and difficult to test or maintain. With Dependency Injection, the required services are injected into the class through constructors, methods, or properties, allowing better modularity, easier testing, and improved maintainability. In .NET Core, a built-in Dependency Injection container automatically manages the creation and lifetime of services, which are usually registered in the Startup.cs or Program.cs file using service lifetimes such as Transient, Scoped, and Singleton. This approach makes applications more flexible because dependencies can be easily replaced or mocked during unit testing.
Dependency Injection is one of the most known techniques that help you to create more maintainable code. At registration time, dependencies require a lifetime definition. The service lifetime defines the conditions under which a new service instance will be created. Transient – Created every time they are requested Scoped – Created once per scope. Most of the time, scope refers to a web request. But this can also be used for any unit of work, such as the execution of an Azure Function. Singleton – Created only for the first request. If a particular instance is specified at registration time, this instance will be provided to all consumers of the registration type.