using dictionary in castle windsor configuration?

[Scott_M]

I am using a dictionary in castle windsor configuration to build an
authenticator factory. The dictionary key represents a URL and then
the object represents each specific authenticator service.

//config
<component id="AuthenticatorFactory" lifestyle="singleton"
service="Security.IAuthenticatorFactory, Security"
type="Security.AuthenticatorFactory, Security">
<parameters>
<authenticators>
<dictionary>
<entry key="https://smpc.acme.com/sts/sts.svc/
anonymoususer">${AnonymousUserAuthenticator}</entry>
<entry key="https://wcvpc-w7.acme.com/sts/sts.svc/
anonymoususer">${AnonymousUserAuthenticator}</entry>
<entry key="https://tkpc.acme.com/sts/sts.svc/
anonymoususer">${AnonymousUserAuthenticator}</entry>
</dictionary>
</authenticators>
</parameters>
</component>

//code
public class AuthenticatorFactory : IAuthenticatorFactory
{
private Dictionary<string, IAuthenticator> m_authenticators =
new Dictionary<string, IAuthenticator>();

public AuthenticatorFactory(Dictionary<string, IAuthenticator>
authenticators)
{
m_authenticators = authenticators;
}

public IAuthenticator GetAuthenticator(string url)
{
IAuthenticator retVal = null;

if (m_authenticators.ContainsKey(url))
{
retVal = m_authenticators[url.ToString()];
}

return retVal;
}
}

By default the dictionary appears to be case sensitive. Is there a
way to have castle construction a case insensitive dictionary?



scottm

[Mauricio Scheffer]

You could write a type converter that puts data in a case-insensitive dictionary. 

See:

Type converters: http://www.castleproject.org/container/documentation/trunk/usersguide/typeconverters.html http://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2010/02/10-advanced-windsor-tricks-10.html

Default generic dictionary type converter: https://github.com/castleproject/Castle.Windsor/blob/master/src/Castle.Windsor/MicroKernel/SubSystems/Conversion/GenericDictionaryConverter.cs

Dictionary with custom comparer: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms132073.aspx

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Mauricio

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[Krzysztof Koźmic]

I actually think that's a bug.
Everything else in Windsor is case insensitive... why that should be any different?

Krzysztof

[Scott_M]

Ahhhh, good point..  

I found a quick / hacky around.  In my constructor I now take the castle provided dictionary and copy its contents to a non case sensitive dictionary and use the latter.