Disable implicit binding/injection of non explicitly bound classes in Ninject 2+

Question

If you request an unbound object from NInject, then the default behaviour is (if a suitable constructor is available) appears to be to create an instance of the appropriate obje

Answer 1

The following is a better, more direct way of removing the SelfBindingResolver, without assuming that the DefaultValueBindingResolver is the only other IMissingBindingResolver component:

kernel.Components.Remove<IMissingBindingResolver, SelfBindingResolver>();

It's possible the Remove<T, TImplementation>() method was only added in a recent version of Ninject, but this works for me using Ninject 3.2.2.0.

Answer 2

Remove the SelfBindingResolver from the kernel components after creation:

kernel.Components.RemoveAll<IMissingBindingResolver>();
kernel.Components.Add<IMissingBindingResolver, DefaultValueBindingResolver>();