Ninject has issues dealing with constructors

[Solarion]

hi guys. I have a problem with an old legacy project that has landed across my desk. It is in .NET 5.6.

In trying to fix their dependency hell I have created a fresh project to try to understand how Ninject works. I have a simple SQLDBClass, a GenericRepository and a Service. This is the service constructor.

    public class ReservationService : IReservationService
    {
        private readonly IRepository<ReservationType> _context;
        public ReservationService(IRepository<ReservationType> context)
        {
            _context = context;
        }
    }

On the ninject side in the NinjectWebCommon class, my respository binds perfectly

kernel.Bind(typeof(IRepository<>)).To(typeof(Repository<>));
kernel.Bind(typeof(IRepository<ReservationType>)).To(typeof(ReservationType));

But come time to the service in say a HomeController it all goes to pieces. I think it has something to do with the constructor in ReservationService.

kernel.Bind(typeof(lReservationService)).To(typeof(ReservationService));

I get this error: : 'Error activating IRepository{ReservationType} No matching bindings are available, and the type is not self-bindable. Activation path:

I've been staring at this all weekend to no avail. If anyone has any ideas on this please share them!

 

[_kabal_]

Never used ninject, but shouldn’t

kernel.Bind(typeof(IRepository<ReservationType>)).To(typeof(ReservationType));

Be

kernel.Bind(typeof(IRepository<ReservationType>)).To(typeof(Repository<ReservationType>));

 

[Solarion]

I'll try that ty. If there is any alternative to Ninject for .net 4.6 I'm all ears. I'm finding it clunky and really unfriendly!

 

[_kabal_]

Unity is pretty similar to how it works in .net core

I’ve not done much .net framework, but have used unity and autofac and preferred unity in my limited experience.

 

[Solarion]

Thanks @_kabal_ I appreciate your help. I don't have time to learn the deeper mechanics of Ninject as it seems that this rabbit hole goes quite deep. I'll try the other frameworks.

 

[Solarion]

@_kabal_

Autofac did it! Perfect. Thank-you

 

[Solarion]

Quick question for anyone. Patch updates in an API. Possible without Entity Framework? I'm still on this project using a generic repository.