Unity register types using Reflection

Question

I'm trying to do the following:

foreach (var item in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
                             .GetTypes()
                             .Where(i => i.GetInterfaces()
                             .Contains(typeof(ITabItem))))
{
    container.RegisterType<ITabItem, item>(nameof(item));
}

But I'm getting this error on item in the RegisterType method:

Error CS0118 'item' is a variable but is used like a type

I know that I'm passing an object type but how do I get around this?

EDIT: this is the non-dynamic way that works.

container.RegisterType<ITabItem, AdminViewModel>(nameof(AdminViewModel));
container.RegisterType<ITabItem, OwnerViewModel>(nameof(OwnerViewModel));

I believe the referred question goes deeper into generics and reflection in general but my question addresses a Unity specific method and the answer for my question specific could not be found in this question. The answer below on the other hand does. So I do not believe my question is a duplicate. Marking this question as duplicate could lead people away from the actual answer below... — grmbl, Apr 26 '16 at 09:54

vcsjones · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-26T23:11:18.817

2

You need to use the non-generic RegisterType, which probably looks something like this:

container.RegisterType(typeof(ITabItem), item, item.FullName);

edited Apr 26 '16 at 23:11

answered Apr 25 '16 at 14:34

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