What is the dependency inversion principle and why is it important?

Question

What is the dependency inversion principle and why is it important?

Answer 1

Dependency Inversion Principle (DIP) says that

i) High level modules should not depend upon low-level modules. Both should depend upon abstractions.

ii) Abstractions should never depend upon details. Details should depend upon abstractions.

Example:

    public interface ICustomer
    {
        string GetCustomerNameById(int id);
    }

    public class Customer : ICustomer
    {
        //ctor
        public Customer(){}

        public string GetCustomerNameById(int id)
        {
            return "Dummy Customer Name";
        }
    }

    public class CustomerFactory
    {
        public static ICustomer GetCustomerData()
        {
            return new Customer();
        }
    }

    public class CustomerBLL
    {
        ICustomer _customer;
        public CustomerBLL()
        {
            _customer = CustomerFactory.GetCustomerData();
        }

        public string GetCustomerNameById(int id)
        {
            return _customer.GetCustomerNameById(id);
        }
    }

    public class Program
    {
        static void Main()
        {
            CustomerBLL customerBLL = new CustomerBLL();
            int customerId = 25;
            string customerName = customerBLL.GetCustomerNameById(customerId);


            Console.WriteLine(customerName);
            Console.ReadKey();
        }
    }

Note: Class should depend on abstractions like interface or abstract classes, not specific details (implementation of interface).