UniDI

Fast and easy to use dependency injection library for Unity game engine.

• Delegate based reflection hooks for ultra fast resolving speed.
• Caching reflection data for reducing allocations.
• Small codebase.
• Easy to use.
• DOES NOT CONTAIN UNNECESSARY FUNCTIONALITY like other popular DI frameworks.

Features

• Field injection.
• Property injection.
• Method injection.
• Injection lifetime.
• Local scope injection.

Installation

Install from git URL

Requires a version of unity that supports path query parameter for git packages (Unity 2021.3 or later). You can add a reference https://github.com/arty-F/UniDI.git?path=Assets/UniDI to Package Manager.

Install from .unitypackage

Download the latest .unitypackage file from releases page and import downloaded package into unity.

Usage

1. Mark field/property/method into which the dependency should be injected with the [Inject] attribute.

using UniDI;
public class TestClass
{
  [Inject] private InjectedClass1 _injectedField;
  [Inject] public InjectedClass2 InjectedProperty { get; private set; }

  [Inject]
  public void Method(InjectedClass3 p1, InjectedClass4 p2)
  {
    _injectedFromMethod1 = p1;
    _injectedFromMethod2 = p2;
  }
  private InjectedClass3 _injectedFromMethod1;
  private InjectedClass4 _injectedFromMethod2;
}

2. Inject instances by invoking Inject() method. You can use generic version of Inject<>() method on GameObject where the generic type parameter will represent the type of GameObject component that needs to be injected.

using UniDI;
...
[SerializeField] GameObject _gameObjectPrefab;
[SerializeField] InjectedComponent _typedPrefab;
...
//plain C# class injecting
var csharpClass = new InjectedClass();
csharpClass.Inject();

//bad way GameObject component injecting
var gameObjectInstance1 = Instantiate(_gameObjectPrefab);
gameObjectInstance1.GetComponent<InjectedComponent>().Inject();

//good way GameObject component injecting
var gameObjectInstance2 = Instantiate(_gameObjectPrefab);
gameObjectInstance2.Inject<InjectedComponent>();

//best way GameObject component injecting
InjectedComponent typedInstance = Instantiate(_typedPrefab);
typedInstance.Inject();

3. Resolve dependencies of injection consumer classes by invoking Resolve() method. Or you can use GameObject extension method on prefab to one row instantiate and resolving dependencies (has 9 overloads like original Instantiate method). After GameObject resolving all injected dependencies will be available in Start method (in Awake and OnEnable they still will be null).

using UniDI;
...
[SerializeField] GameObject _gameObjectPrefab;
[SerializeField] ConsumerComponent _typedPrefab;
...
//plain C# class resolving
var csharpClass = new TestClass();
csharpClass.Resolve();

//bad way GameObject resolving
GameObject gameObjectInstance1 = Instantiate(_gameObjectPrefab);
gameObjectInstance1.GetComponent<ConsumerComponent>().Resolve();

//good way GameObject resolving
GameObject gameObjectInstance2 = _gameObjectPrefab.InstantiateResolve<ConsumerComponent>();

//best way GameObject resolving
ConsumerComponent typedInstance = _typedPrefab.InstantiateResolve(position, rotation);

Features

Injection lifetime

You can specify the lifetime of the injection:

• Lifetime.Game (default) : the dependency will exist as long as the application is running.
• Lifetime.Scene : dependencies will be cleared every time the active scene changes.

var injectedClass = new InjectedClass();
injectedClass.Inject(Lifetime.Scene);

Local scope injection

By default, all injected classes will be placed in the global scope. In order to set the local scope for dependency injection, you must specify the scope identifier based on int when injecting and resolving dependencies. When using resolve for local scope if the dependency was not found in the specified local scope, then they will try to find it in the global scope. By this way you can inject both global and local dependencies into one consumer.

public class Consumer : MonoBehaviour
{
  [Inject] private GlobalInjectionClass _field1;
  [Inject] private LocalInjectionClass _field2;
}
...
int id = consumer.GetInstanceID();

var globalInjectionClass = new GlobalInjectionClass();
globalInjectionClass.Inject();

var localInjectionClass = new LocalInjectionClass();
localInjectionClass.Inject(id);

consumer.Resolve(id);

Injection clearing

You can override or clear previously injected dependencies. For overriding just use Inject() on new instance. For clearing use ReleaseDependency() on same type instance.

• Global scope dependency clearing by ReleaseDependency().
• Local scope dependency clearing by ReleaseDependency(id) where id is a local scope int type identifier. By default this type of clear deletes the entire local scope. To avoid completely clearing the local scope you must pass a value of clearFullScope is false, like that ReleaseDependency(id, false). By passing this false value you will clear only the type on which this method was called in the specified local scope.

globalDependencyInstance.ReleaseDependency();            //clear globalDependencyInstance in global scope
localDependencyInstance1.ReleaseDependency(id);          //clear all dependencies in specified local scope
localDependencyInstance2.ReleaseDependency(id, false);   //clear localDependencyInstance2 in specified local scope

Settings

Optionally you can configure parameters of a library and get some performance boost. Settings window is located in the menu item Tools -> UniDI -> Settings. Basically, these settings control the number of different cached items collections that can hold before it needs to be resized.

Performance

Field Injection and resolving

four fields in instance, different types

	Time	GC Alloc
1 instance	13 ms	46 KB
100 instances	15 ms	80 KB
1000 instances	28 ms	389 KB

Property Injection and resolving

four properties in instance, different types

	Time	GC Alloc
1 instance	4 ms	21 KB
100 instances	6 ms	56 KB
1000 instances	20 ms	365 KB

Method Injection and resolving

four method parameters, different types

	Time	GC Alloc
1 instance	3 ms	19 KB
100 instances	4 ms	19 KB
1000 instances	6 ms	19 KB