Csharp on Random Ramblings

Castle ActiveRecord and registering classes at runtime

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 06:02:00 +0000

Castle ActiveRecord and registering classes at runtime

*EDIT: this is an old post copied over from my [old blog on Los Techies](https://lostechies.com/ryansvihla/2009/06/03/castle-activerecord-and-registering-classes-at-runtime/), I have kept it here for archival reasons.*

I use the following trick for adding ActiveRecord classes after the fact for our in-house plug-in architecture. Thanks to whichever blogger/mailing list I picked this up from so long ago.

Scenario 1: Class(es) to load inherit from same base class as current running ActiveRecord classes

var holder = ActiveRecordMediator.GetSessionFactoryHolder();
//register your subclasses here
ActiveRecordStarter.RegisterTypes(typeof(Employee), typeof(Customer));

holder.RegisterSessionFactory(
 holder.GetConfiguration(typeof(ActiveRecordBase)).BuildSessionFactory(), typeof(ActiveRecordBase)
);
//reloads session factory without this types will not be registered. 
//I believe this is actually a "feature" in Castle trunk. may be fixed now.

This is all you need to register extra classes that are accessing the same database as the application is using.

IronPython how cool it is

Thu, 28 May 2009 05:08:00 +0000

IronPython how cool it is

*EDIT: this is an old post copied over from my [old blog on Los Techies](https://lostechies.com/ryansvihla/2009/05/28/ironpython-how-cool-it-is/), I have kept it here for archival reasons.*

Briefly, IronPython is an implementation of Python in the .Net runtime. This allows you access to .Net framework goodness while programming in a dynamic language. The current stable version 2.0.1 maps to CPython 2.5.This allows me to do fun fun things like use my python project to access a c# project. follows is a python script using Pinsor and accessing a .net dll.

Context and Spec style testing and my approach to BDD

Fri, 22 May 2009 00:21:00 +0000

Context and Spec style testing and my approach to BDD

*EDIT: this is an old post copied over from my [old blog on Los Techies](https://lostechies.com/ryansvihla/2009/05/22/context-spec-style-testing-and-my-approach-to-bdd/), I have kept it here for archival reasons.*

I borrow heavily my approach to testing from a combination of Ayende’s Rhino Tools tests, and my reading of the Rspec beta book. But I think I’ve stumbled onto something I’m happy with and I can generate reports out of. Let’s go over some basic rules first: