In my MVC 2 project, I originally used Ninject 2 and wrote this version of the NinjectControllerFactory:
public class NinjectControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
{
private IKernel kernel = new StandardKernel(new HandiGamerServices());
protected override IController GetControllerInstance(System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext, Type controllerType)
{
try
{
if (controllerType == null)
{
return base.GetControllerInstance(requestContext, controllerType);
// return null;
}
}
catch (HttpException ex)
{
if (ex.GetHttpCode() == 404)
{
IController errorController = kernel.Get<ErrorController>();
((ErrorController)errorController).InvokeHttp404(requestContext.HttpContext);
return errorController;
}
else
{
throw ex;
}
}
return (IController)kernel.Get(controllerType);
}
Of most importance is the retrieval of my ErrorController, which allows me to gracefully handle a multitude of HTTP errors.
The problem is that I upgraded to the MVC 2 extension via Nuget, so a NinjectControllerFactory is already provided. Would it be possible to use my own override of GetControllerInstance?