Add ability to mark autowire dependencies as optional

CHANGES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Poodinis Changelog
 ==================
+**Version NEXT**
+* ADD ability to mark autowire dependencies as optional. When you use UDA @OptionalDependency, a type which fails to autowire will remain null
+(or an empty array). No ResolveException is thrown.
+
 **Version 6.1.0**
 * ADD setting persistent registration and resolve options
 * DEPRECATE DO_NOT_ADD_CONCRETE_TYPE_REGISTRATION, use doNotAddConcreteTypeRegistration instead

TUTORIAL.md

@@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ assert(instance.dependency !is null);
 ```
 If an interface is to be autowired, you must register a concrete class by interface. Any class registered by concrete type can only be injected when a dependency on a concrete type is autowired.
 
+Using the UDA `OptionalDependency` you can mark an autowired member as being optional. When a member is optional, no ResolveException will be thrown when
+the type of the member is not registered and `ResolveOption.registerBeforeResolving` is not set on the container. The member will remain null or an empty array in
+case of array dependencies.
+```d
+class ExampleClass {
+	@Autowire
+	@OptionalDependency
+	private AnotherExampleClass dependency;
+}
+```
+
 Circular dependencies
 ---------------------
 Poodinis can autowire circular dependencies when they are registered with `singleInstance` or `existingInstance` registration scopes. Circular dependencies in registrations with `newInstance` scopes will not be autowired, as this would cause an endless loop.

example/annotations/app.d

@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ import std.digest.md;
 import std.stdio;
 import std.conv;
 
+class SecurityAuditor {
+	public void submitAudit() {
+		writeln("Hmmmyes I have received your audit. It is.... adequate.");
+	}
+}
+
 class SuperSecurityDevice {
 	private int seed;
 
@@ -32,6 +38,18 @@ class SecurityManager {
 	@Autowire
 	@AssignNewInstance
 	private SuperSecurityDevice levelTwoSecurity;
+
+	@Autowire
+	@OptionalDependency
+	private SecurityAuditor auditor;
+
+	public void doAudit() {
+		if (auditor !is null) {
+			auditor.submitAudit();
+		} else {
+			writeln("I uh, will skip the audit for now...");
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 void main() {
@@ -45,6 +63,10 @@ void main() {
 	writeln("Password for user two: " ~ manager.levelTwoSecurity.getPassword());
 
 	if (manager.levelOneSecurity is manager.levelTwoSecurity) {
-		writeln("SECURITY BREACH!!!!!");
+		writeln("SECURITY BREACH!!!!!"); // Should not be printed since levelTwoSecurity is a new instance.
+	} else {
+		writeln("Security okay!");
 	}
+
+	manager.doAudit(); // Will not cause the SecurityAuditor to print, since we didn't register a SecurityAuditor.
 }

source/poodinis/autowire.d

@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ struct Autowire(QualifierType = UseMemberType) {
 	QualifierType qualifier;
 };
 
+
+/**
+ * UDA for marking autowired dependencies optional.
+ * Optional dependencies will not lead to a resolveException when there is no type registered for them.
+ * The member will remain null.
+ */
+struct OptionalDependency {};
+
 /**
  * UDA for annotating class members to be autowired with a new instance regardless of their registration scope.
  *
@@ -127,10 +135,15 @@ private void autowireMember(string member, size_t memberIndex, Type)(shared(Depe
 				alias MemberType = typeof(Type.tupleof[memberIndex]);
 
 				enum assignNewInstance = hasUDA!(Type.tupleof[memberIndex], AssignNewInstance);
+				enum isOptional = hasUDA!(Type.tupleof[memberIndex], OptionalDependency);
 
 				static if (isDynamicArray!MemberType) {
 					alias MemberElementType = ElementType!MemberType;
+					static if (isOptional) {
+						auto instances = container.resolveAll!MemberElementType([ResolveOption.noResolveException]);
+					} else {
 						auto instances = container.resolveAll!MemberElementType;
+					}
 					instance.tupleof[memberIndex] = instances;
 					debug(poodinisVerbose) {
 						printDebugAutowiringArray(typeid(MemberElementType), typeid(Type), &instance, member);
@@ -143,12 +156,12 @@ private void autowireMember(string member, size_t memberIndex, Type)(shared(Depe
 					MemberType qualifiedInstance;
 					static if (is(autowireAttribute == Autowire!T, T) && !is(autowireAttribute.qualifier == UseMemberType)) {
 						alias QualifierType = typeof(autowireAttribute.qualifier);
-						qualifiedInstance = createOrResolveInstance!(MemberType, QualifierType, assignNewInstance)(container);
+						qualifiedInstance = createOrResolveInstance!(MemberType, QualifierType, assignNewInstance, isOptional)(container);
 						debug(poodinisVerbose) {
 							qualifiedInstanceType = typeid(QualifierType);
 						}
 					} else {
-						qualifiedInstance = createOrResolveInstance!(MemberType, MemberType, assignNewInstance)(container);
+						qualifiedInstance = createOrResolveInstance!(MemberType, MemberType, assignNewInstance, isOptional)(container);
 					}
 
 					instance.tupleof[memberIndex] = qualifiedInstance;
@@ -164,13 +177,17 @@ private void autowireMember(string member, size_t memberIndex, Type)(shared(Depe
 	}
 }
 
-private QualifierType createOrResolveInstance(MemberType, QualifierType, bool createNew)(shared(DependencyContainer) container) {
+private QualifierType createOrResolveInstance(MemberType, QualifierType, bool createNew, bool isOptional)(shared(DependencyContainer) container) {
 	static if (createNew) {
 		auto instanceFactory = new InstanceFactory(typeid(MemberType), CreatesSingleton.no, null);
 		return cast(MemberType) instanceFactory.getInstance();
+	} else {
+		static if (isOptional) {
+			return container.resolve!(MemberType, QualifierType)([ResolveOption.noResolveException]);
 		} else {
 			return container.resolve!(MemberType, QualifierType);
 		}
+	}
 }
 
 /**

test/poodinis/autowiretest.d

@@ -73,6 +73,20 @@ version(unittest) {
 		public ComponentA componentA;
 	}
 
+	class OuttaTime {
+		@Autowire
+		@OptionalDependency
+		public InterfaceA interfaceA;
+
+		@Autowire
+		@OptionalDependency
+		public ComponentA componentA;
+
+		@Autowire
+		@OptionalDependency
+		public ComponentC[] componentCs;
+	}
+
 	// Test autowiring concrete type to existing instance
 	unittest {
 		shared(DependencyContainer) container = new DependencyContainer();
@@ -214,4 +228,16 @@ version(unittest) {
 
 		assert(instance.componentA !is null);
 	}
+
+	// Test autowiring optional depenencies
+	unittest {
+		shared(DependencyContainer) container = new DependencyContainer();
+		auto instance = new OuttaTime();
+
+		container.autowire(instance);
+
+		assert(instance.interfaceA is null);
+		assert(instance.componentA is null);
+		assert(instance.componentCs is null);
+	}
 }