Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting 8.0.0

About

Contains the .NET Generic Host HostBuilder which layers on the Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions package.

Key Features

Contains the .NET Generic Host HostBuilder.

How to Use

For a console app project:

    using (IHost host = new HostBuilder().Build())
    {
        var lifetime = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IHostApplicationLifetime>();
    
        lifetime.ApplicationStarted.Register(() =>
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Started");
        });
        lifetime.ApplicationStopping.Register(() =>
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Stopping firing");
            Console.WriteLine("Stopping end");
        });
        lifetime.ApplicationStopped.Register(() =>
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Stopped firing");
            Console.WriteLine("Stopped end");
        });
    
        host.Start();
    
        // Listens for Ctrl+C.
        host.WaitForShutdown();
    }

Main Types

The main types provided by this library are:

Microsoft.Extensions.Host.
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.HostApplicationBuilder
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.HostBuilder
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostedService
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostedLifecycleService

Additional Documentation

Generic host
API documentation

Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration
Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection
Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions
Microsoft.Extensions.Logging
Microsoft.Extensions.Options

Feedback & Contributing

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

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Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting 8.0.0

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About

Key Features

How to Use

Main Types

Additional Documentation

Related Packages

Feedback & Contributing

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Dependencies

.NET Framework 4.6.2

.NET Standard 2.0

.NET 8.0

.NET Standard 2.1

.NET 7.0

.NET 6.0

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