6.0.0

Target Framework changes

• Added net6.0 (@Jevonius, #630)
• .NET Standard changed from 1.6 to 2.0 (@generik0, #572)
• .NET Framework changed from 4.5 to 4.6.2

Enhancements

• Added fast lookup to check for already registered types (@sqeezy, #618)
• Castle.Windsor.Extensions.DependencyInjection: Change Microsoft.Extensions.Logging dependencies to their abstract counterparts (@ikkentim, #626, #624)

Bugfixes

• Castle.Windsor.Extensions.DependencyInjection: support parallel containers (@rvdginste, @generik0, #563, #577)

Breaking Changes

• Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting related methods have been moved from the Castle.Windsor.Extensions.DependencyInjection package to the Castle.Windsor.Extensions.Hosting package (@ikkentim, #625, #628)
• Obsolete APIs in Castle.Facilities.Logging have been removed. Extensions methods for built-in logging factories have been added, however LogUsing<T> is still ideal. (@Jevonius, #636)
  • Removed enum Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggerImplementation
  • Removed constructor Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility(LoggerImplementation loggingApi)
  • Removed constructor Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility(LoggerImplementation loggingApi, string configFile)
  • Removed constructor Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility(string customLoggerFactory, string configFile)
  • Removed method Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility.LogUsing(LoggerImplementation loggingApi)
  • Removed method Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility.UseLog4Net()
  • Removed method Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility.UseLog4Net(string configFile)
  • Removed method Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility.UseNLog()
  • Removed method Castle.Facilities.Logging.LoggingFacility.UseNLog(string configFile)

5.1.2

• Restrict Castle.Core dependency to 4.4.1+ and less than 5.x to prevent NuGet using 5.x which has breaking changes (@Jevonius, #610)

5.1.1

• Upgrade minimum Castle.Core version to 4.4.1 (@generik0, #576)

Bugfixes

• Fix CollectionResolver to allow propagation of inline dependencies (@dvdwouwe, #562)
• Allow DefaultNamingSubSystem derivatives to invalidate the cache which was accidentally removed in 5.1.0 (@nativenolde, #569)
• Replace usage of obsolete Castle.Core.Internal.Lock (@generik0, #576)
• Fix dictionary bug when using XML configuration; A reference to list components inside a dictionary didn't work (@ni-mi, #575)

5.1.0

Bugfixes

• .NET Extensions' DependencyInjection:
  • Change WindsorServiceProviderFactory to follow SOLID behaviour (@generik0, #540)
  • Fix "An item with the same key has already been added" exception related to scoped lifestyle (@generik0, #547)
  • Fix issue using existing container with ASP.NET (@robertcoltheart, #548)
  • Extra extensions for BasedOnDescriptor (@ltines, #554)
  • Use generic registration instead of reflection (@robertcoltheart, #555)
  • Use the container from the method call, not the root container (@generik0, #558)
  • Add InvalidateCache to DependencyInjectionNamingSubsystem (@generik0, @twenzel, #556)

5.1.0-beta001

Enhancements

• .NET Extensions' DependencyInjection support via new Castle.Windsor.Extensions.DependencyInjection package (@ltines, #517)
• Enable explicitly specified null values to satisfy System.Nullable<> dependencies (@jnm2, #521)
• Embed icon in NuGet packages (@generik0, #520)

Bugfixes

• Typed Factory: handle multiple calls to Dispose and Release after Dispose (@ivan-danilov. #458)

5.0.1

Bugfixes

• Fix ProxyOptions equality with additional interfaces (@DamirAinullin, #477)
• WCF Facility: Fix exception message (@DamirAinullin, #476)
• ASP.NET MVC Facility: Fix controller lookup to be case insensitive (@Yitzchok, #480)
• ASP.NET Core Facility: FrameworkDependencyResolver must not throw NRE if dependency has no type (e.g. depending on a named component) (@dariuslf, #489)
• ASP.NET Core Facility: Register ViewComponents and TagHelpers correctly (@dariuslf, #489)
• ASP.NET Core Facility: Allow crosswiring multiple implementations of the same service (@dariuslf, #489)
• ASP.NET Core Facility: Treat TagHelper classes with __Generated__ in their name (e.g. TagHelpers generated for ViewComponents) as framework classes (@dariuslf, #489)

5.0.0

Bugfixes

• Fixed first-chance HandlerException for optional parameters (@jnm2, #450)

5.0.0-beta001

Enhancements

• Upgraded to Castle.Core 4.2.0 to 4.3.1 (@fir3pho3nixx, #413)
• Created Castle.Facilities.AspNetCore facility to support ASP.NET Core web applications on .NET Core and .NET Framework (@fir3pho3nixx, #120)
• Created Castle.Facilities.AspNet.Mvc facility to support ASP.NET MVC web applications on .NET Framework (@fir3pho3nixx, #283)
• Created Castle.Facilities.AspNet.WebApi facility to support ASP.NET Web API IIS and self hosted applications on .NET Framework (@fir3pho3nixx, #283)
• Added XML documentation to BeginScope and RequireScope lifetime extensions (@jonorossi)
• Upgraded build to use NUnit Adapters (@fir3pho3nixx, #243)
• Make formatting of type names with TypeUtil.ToCSharpString (and hence in diagnostic messages) resemble C# more closely (@stakx, #404, #406)

Breaking Changes

• Built-in System.Web support has been moved to the new Castle.Facilities.AspNet.SystemWeb facility (@fir3pho3nixx, #283)
• Removed obsolete ActAs, Parameters, Properties and ServiceOverrides methods from component registration (@fir3pho3nixx, #338)
• Removed obsolete indexer, AddComponent*, AddFacility and Resolve methods from IKernel and IWindsorContainer (@fir3pho3nixx, #338)
• Facility XML configuration specifying an 'id' attribute will now throw, it has been ignored since v3.0 (@fir3pho3nixx, #338)
• Removed deprecated classes AllTypes and AllTypesOf (@fir3pho3nixx, #338)
• Removed deprecated BasedOn methods that reset registrations when fluently chained (@fir3pho3nixx, #338)
• Removed deprecated member LifestyleHandlerType on CustomLifestyleAttribute (@fir3pho3nixx, #338)
• Removed Event Wiring, Factory Support and Synchronize facilities (@jonorossi, #403)
• Arguments class and Resolve overloads refactor (@fir3pho3nixx, @jonorossi, #444)
  • Removed WindsorContainer.Resolve(object/IDictionary) overloads in favour of new WindsorContainer.Resolve(Arguments)
  • Reworked Arguments class, including to no longer implement IDictionary
  • Removed IArgumentsComparer[] constructors from Arguments
  • Added WindsorContainer.Resolve(IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, object>>) extension methods
  • Changed CreationContext.AdditionalArguments to use Arguments instead of IDictionary
  • Replaced ComponentDependencyRegistrationExtensions(Insert, InsertAnonymous, InsertTyped, InsertTypedCollection) with Add, AddNamed and AddTyped Arguments instance methods
  • Changed ComponentRegistration.DependsOn and ComponentRegistration.DynamicParameters to use Arguments via DynamicParametersDelegate
  • Added ComponentRegistration.DependsOn(Arguments) overload
  • Changed ComponentModel CustomDependencies and ExtendedProperties to use Arguments instead of IDictionary
  • Changed IComponentModelBuilder.BuildModel to use Arguments instead of IDictionary
  • Changed ILazyComponentLoader.Load to use Arguments instead of IDictionary

4.1.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed components resolved from typed factories being disposed along with unrelated objects (@jnm2, #439)

4.1.0

Bugfixes

• Fix warnings regarding non-existent System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter NuGet package by updating minimum Castle Core version to 4.1.0 (#321)
• Fix disposal of faulted WCF client channels (@jberezanski, #322)
• Fix binding errors because assembly version had too much detail, assembly version is now x.0.0.0 (@fir3pho3nixx, #329)
• Update Castle Core to 4.2.0 to resolve assembly version problems because Castle Core also had too much detail
• Explicit package versioning applied within solution to avoid maligned NuGet upgrades for lock step versioned packages (@fir3pho3nixx, castleproject/Core#292)
• Fix open generic handler state issues where wrong constructor gets chosen for open generic service types (@fir3pho3nixx, #136)
• Fixed typed factory out of order disposal (@jnm2, #344)

Deprecations

• Logging Facility's LoggerImplementation enum, UseLog4Net and UseNLog methods are deprecated in favour of LogUsing<T>, this includes the loggingApi property for XML configuration (@jonorossi, #327)