How to register multiple implementations of the same interface in Asp.Net Core?

Question

I have services that are derived from the same interface.

public interface IService { }
public class ServiceA : IService { }
public class ServiceB : IService         


        

Answer 1

After reading the answers here and articles elsewhere I was able to get it working without strings. When you have multiple implementations of the same interface the DI will add these to a collection, so it's then possible to retrieve the version you want from the collection using typeof.

// In Startup.cs
public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddScoped(IService, ServiceA);
    services.AddScoped(IService, ServiceB);
    services.AddScoped(IService, ServiceC);
}

// Any class that uses the service(s)
public class Consumer
{
    private readonly IEnumerable _myServices;

    public Consumer(IEnumerable myServices)
    {
        _myServices = myServices;
    }

    public UseServiceA()
    {
        var serviceA = _myServices.FirstOrDefault(t => t.GetType() == typeof(ServiceA));
        serviceA.DoTheThing();
    }

    public UseServiceB()
    {
        var serviceB = _myServices.FirstOrDefault(t => t.GetType() == typeof(ServiceB));
        serviceB.DoTheThing();
    }

    public UseServiceC()
    {
        var serviceC = _myServices.FirstOrDefault(t => t.GetType() == typeof(ServiceC));
        serviceC.DoTheThing();
    }
}