MVC 6 RC2 Controllers in another assembly

Question

In MVC 6 RC1 we used the IAssemlbyProvider interface to register assemblies that were discovered at runtime and inject additional controller types, in a similar

Answer 1

I used Application Part using following builder extension method to implement Plugins functionality. I hope it would be useful for somebody.

ASP.NET CORE 1.1

using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using System.IO;
using System.Runtime.Loader;

namespace AppPartTest1.Web.Helpers.Features
{
    public static class FeaturesBuilderExtensions
    {
        //
        // Summary:
        //     Adds Features supports to the Application.
        //
        // Parameters:
        //   builder:
        //     The Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IMvcBuilder.
        public static IMvcBuilder AddFeaturesSupport(this IMvcBuilder builder, IConfigurationRoot Configuration, IHostingEnvironment environment)
        {

            var fileNames = Directory.GetFiles("Features", "*.dll");

            foreach (string fileName in fileNames)
            {
                builder.AddApplicationPart(AssemblyLoadContext.Default.LoadFromAssemblyPath(Path.Combine(environment.ContentRootPath, fileName)));
            }

            return builder;
        }
    }
}

Call

    public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
    {
        var builder = new ConfigurationBuilder()
            .SetBasePath(env.ContentRootPath)
            .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", optional: true, reloadOnChange: true)
            .AddJsonFile($"appsettings.{env.EnvironmentName}.json", optional: true)
            .AddEnvironmentVariables();
        Configuration = builder.Build();

        environment = env;
    }

    public IHostingEnvironment environment { get; set; }
    public IConfigurationRoot Configuration { get; }

    // This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
    public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
    {
        // Add framework services.
        var builder = services.AddMvc()
            .AddFeaturesSupport(this.Configuration, this.environment);
    }