Resolving windows in Structure Map or how to manage multiple windows in WPF MVVM?

Question

I have been reading Mark Seeman\'s book on dependency injection in .NET and I\'m struggling to configure composition root in WPF application.

My container will be re

Answer 1

Pushing container instance through constructor is a bad idea in 99% of cases, because container is a service locator. The main disadvantages of this approach are:

• dependency from concrete implementation of container;
• unclear API of your classes, which also leads to fragile unit tests.

There are many ways to create window in MVVM fashion:

1. using Mediators (like IMessenger in MvvmLight, IEventAggregator in Caliburn.Micro);
2. using special IDialogService;
3. using attached behaviours;
4. using Action that inserted via ViewModel constructor;
5. using Controllers.