I would do it the following way.
First you have communicators and settings classes:
namespace WebApiApp
{
public abstract class CommunicationBase
{
public abstract string Communicate();
}
public class Communicator1Settings
{
public string Parameter { get; set; }
}
public class Communicator1 : CommunicationBase
{
private readonly string parameter;
public Communicator1(string parameter)
{
this.parameter = parameter;
}
public override string Communicate()
{
return $"Type: {nameof(Communicator1)}, parameter: {this.parameter}";
}
}
public class Communicator2Settings
{
public string Parameter1 { get; set; }
public string Parameter2 { get; set; }
}
public class Communicator2 : CommunicationBase
{
private readonly string parameter1;
private readonly string parameter2;
public Communicator2(string parameter1, string parameter2)
{
this.parameter1 = parameter1;
this.parameter2 = parameter2;
}
public override string Communicate()
{
return $"Type: {nameof(Communicator1)}, parameter1: {this.parameter1}, parameter2: {this.parameter2}";
}
}
public class CommunicatorsSettings
{
public List<Communicator1Settings> Communicators1 { get; set; }
public List<Communicator2Settings> Communicators2 { get; set; }
}
}
In appsettings.json you have the configuration of communicators:
{
"Logging": {
"LogLevel": {
"Default": "Information",
"Microsoft.AspNetCore": "Warning"
}
},
"AllowedHosts": "*",
"Communicators": {
"Communicators1": [
{
"Parameter": "First communicator1 parameter"
},
{
"Parameter": "Second communicator1 parameter"
}
],
"Communicators2": [
{
"Parameter1": "First communicator2 parameter1",
"Parameter2": "First communicator2 parameter2"
},
{
"Parameter1": "Second communicator2 parameter1",
"Parameter2": "Second communicator2 parameter2"
}
]
}
}
So you have two instances of Communicator1 with different parameters and two instances of Communicator2 with different parameters as well.
Then, you configure the container. The following is the content of program.cs for .net 6:
using WebApiApp;
var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
// Add services to the container.
AddCommunicators();
builder.Services.AddControllers();
// Learn more about configuring Swagger/OpenAPI at https://aka.ms/aspnetcore/swashbuckle
builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();
var app = builder.Build();
// Configure the HTTP request pipeline.
if (app.Environment.IsDevelopment())
{
app.UseSwagger();
app.UseSwaggerUI();
}
app.UseHttpsRedirection();
app.UseAuthorization();
app.MapControllers();
app.Run();
void AddCommunicators()
{
var settings = new CommunicatorsSettings();
builder.Configuration.Bind("Communicators", settings);
foreach (var communicatorSettings in settings.Communicators1)
{
builder.Services.AddScoped<CommunicationBase>(
_ => new Communicator1(communicatorSettings.Parameter));
}
foreach (var communicatorSettings in settings.Communicators2)
{
builder.Services.AddScoped<CommunicationBase>(
_ => new Communicator2(communicatorSettings.Parameter1, communicatorSettings.Parameter2));
}
}
Now you can inject IEnumerable<CommunicationBase> into your controller:
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
namespace WebApiApp.Controllers
{
[ApiController]
[Route("[controller]")]
public class CommunicatorsController : Controller
{
private readonly IEnumerable<CommunicationBase> communicators;
public CommunicatorsController(IEnumerable<CommunicationBase> communicators)
{
this.communicators = communicators;
}
public IActionResult Get()
{
var result = this.communicators.Select(x => x.Communicate());
return this.Json(result);
}
}
}
This is the result for /communicators web API:
[
"Type: Communicator1, parameter: First communicator1 parameter",
"Type: Communicator1, parameter: Second communicator1 parameter",
"Type: Communicator1, parameter1: First communicator2 parameter1, parameter2: First communicator2 parameter2",
"Type: Communicator1, parameter1: Second communicator2 parameter1, parameter2: Second communicator2 parameter2"
]
Communicatorinstances? Are they used by some other service? Or are they supposed to be long running background instances? In other words, when these classes are "communicating" which object is responsible for initiating and driving this communication?