Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions 10.0.6

About

Contains abstractions to host user code in an application by encapsulating an application's resources and lifetime functionality including:

  • Dependency injection (DI).
  • Logging.
  • Configuration.
  • Starting, stopping and obtaining notifications.

This package is also used to wire up specific application models like ASP.NET Core that are built on top of hosting.

Key Features

  • Provides the BackgroundService base class and the IHostedService interface for implementing worker services.
  • Provides interfaces used to configure and start\stop a host.
  • Provides types to obtain environment settings such as an application name and paths.

How to Use

See the Conceptual documentation below for using BackgroundService and IHostedService to host worker services.

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.BackgroundService
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostBuilder
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostedService

Additional Documentation

  • Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions
  • Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions
  • Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions
  • Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions

Feedback & Contributing

Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions is released as open source under the MIT license. Bug reports and contributions are welcome at the GitHub repository.

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