Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions

Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions contains a core DI abstraction that allows for building different kinds of dependency injection containers to retrieve services from that have been registered with different lifetimes.

Documentation can be found at https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/extensions/dependency-injection.

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Deployment

Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions is included in the ASP.NET Core shared framework. The package is deployed as out-of-band (OOB) too and can be referenced into projects directly.

Using other containers with Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection

• Autofac
• DryIoc
• Grace
• Lamar
• LightInject
• StructureMap
• Stashbox
• Unity