依赖注入是目前很多优秀框架都在使用的一个设计模式。Java的开发框架如Spring在用,PHP的Laravel/Phalcon/Symfony等也在用。好多不同语言的框架,设计思想大同小异,相互借鉴参考。熟悉了一个语言的开发框架,其它不同的框架甚至不同语言的开发框架,往往也很容易从设计理念和概念上理解。不过,有些语言因为设计特色,一些设计模式反而看似消失不见了。其实是融入了语言里面,不易察觉。我看见过这么一句话:“设计模式是编程语言固有缺陷的产物”。有一个讨论在这里:Why is IoC / DI not common in Python?
Dependency Injection 常常简称为:DI。它是实现控制反转(Inversion of Control – IoC)的一个模式。有一本依赖注入详解的书在这里:Dependency Injection 。它的本质目的是解耦,保持软件组件之间的松散耦合,为设计开发带来灵活性。
这里借用一套PHP代码的演化过程,解释依赖注入模式的出现过程。代码来自Phalcon框架文档。个人感觉,从演化出发,最能达成理解的目标,就如同数学推理一样让人信服,自然而然。想当年,我研究Windows时代的COM技术体系,看到有一本书也是这么做的 – Dan Box的《COM本质论》第1-2章,阐述了从Dll到COM组件的设计过程。
假设我们要开发一套组件,这个组件干啥目前并不重要,不过它需要连接数据库。最简单的实现,当然是把数据库的配置信息写在组件里面。
class SomeComponent
{
/**
* The instantiation of the connection is hardcoded inside
* the component, therefore it's difficult replace it externally
* or change its behavior
*/
public function someDbTask()
{
$connection = new Connection(
[
"host" => "localhost",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "secret",
"dbname" => "invo",
]
);
// ...
}
}
$some = new SomeComponent();
$some->someDbTask();
但是这么干问题很大,属于“代码的坏味道”。因为数据库配置写死了,完全没有灵活性可言。这也给后面的测试/部署/安全带来了隐患。为了解决这个问题,我们试试把配置信息拿出去,从外面传进来。
class SomeComponent
{
protected $_connection;
/**
* Sets the connection externally
*/
public function setConnection($connection)
{
$this->_connection = $connection;
}
public function someDbTask()
{
$connection = $this->_connection;
// ...
}
}
$some = new SomeComponent();
// Create the connection
$connection = new Connection(
[
"host" => "localhost",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "secret",
"dbname" => "invo",
]
);
好一点。不过如果我们在很多地方都要用这个组件,那么意味着每次用的时候,都要创建这么一个连接配置对象,不仅冗余,而且难以变更和管理。我们把这个连接配置对象单独放在一个地方管理,DRY原则。
class Registry
{
/**
* Returns the connection
*/
public static function getConnection()
{
return new Connection(
[
"host" => "localhost",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "secret",
"dbname" => "invo",
]
);
}
}
class SomeComponent
{
protected $_connection;
/**
* Sets the connection externally
*/
public function setConnection($connection)
{
$this->_connection = $connection;
}
public function someDbTask()
{
$connection = $this->_connection;
// ...
}
}
$some = new SomeComponent();
// Pass the connection defined in the registry
$some->setConnection(Registry::getConnection());
$some->someDbTask();
可行。不过有个问题,连接对象每次使用都是重复创建,浪费资源。再改一下,改成共享式,近似于单件模式。
class Registry
{
protected static $_connection;
/**
* Creates a connection
*/
protected static function _createConnection()
{
return new Connection(
[
"host" => "localhost",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "secret",
"dbname" => "invo",
]
);
}
/**
* Creates a connection only once and returns it
*/
public static function getSharedConnection()
{
if (self::$_connection === null) {
self::$_connection = self::_createConnection();
}
return self::$_connection;
}
/**
* Always returns a new connection
*/
public static function getNewConnection()
{
return self::_createConnection();
}
}
class SomeComponent
{
protected $_connection;
/**
* Sets the connection externally
*/
public function setConnection($connection)
{
$this->_connection = $connection;
}
/**
* This method always needs the shared connection
*/
public function someDbTask()
{
$connection = $this->_connection;
// ...
}
/**
* This method always needs a new connection
*/
public function someOtherDbTask($connection)
{
}
}
$some = new SomeComponent();
// This injects the shared connection
$some->setConnection(
Registry::getSharedConnection()
);
$some->someDbTask();
// Here, we always pass a new connection as parameter
$some->someOtherDbTask(
Registry::getNewConnection()
);
这就是“依赖注入”模式了,它解决了组件的依赖项和组件之间的过度耦合问题。不过还有个麻烦:如果这个组件依赖项很多怎么办?每次都要创建并设置一大堆依赖项。
// Create the dependencies or retrieve them from the registry
$connection = new Connection();
$session = new Session();
$fileSystem = new FileSystem();
$filter = new Filter();
$selector = new Selector();
// Pass them as constructor parameters
$some = new SomeComponent($connection, $session, $fileSystem, $filter, $selector);
// ... Or using setters
$some->setConnection($connection);
$some->setSession($session);
$some->setFileSystem($fileSystem);
$some->setFilter($filter);
$some->setSelector($selector);
每次使用这个组件,都要创建一堆附加的依赖项。如果以后我们修改组件依赖,那么必须挨个改掉。代码的坏味道又来了。再改。
class SomeComponent
{
// ...
/**
* Define a factory method to create SomeComponent instances injecting its dependencies
*/
public static function factory()
{
$connection = new Connection();
$session = new Session();
$fileSystem = new FileSystem();
$filter = new Filter();
$selector = new Selector();
return new self($connection, $session, $fileSystem, $filter, $selector);
}
}
估计好多人走到这一步就会停下脚步了。代码用个工厂模式不就行了嘛。可是你对比下开头的代码,组件和它的依赖项的耦合不就又来了么?现在,问题又回到开头了。
一个更好的办法是使用依赖注入容器。它就如同一个全局的注册表,像桥一样获取依赖项,并解耦。
use Phalcon\Di;
use Phalcon\DiInterface;
class SomeComponent
{
protected $_di;
public function __construct(DiInterface $di)
{
$this->_di = $di;
}
public function someDbTask()
{
// Get the connection service
// Always returns a new connection
$connection = $this->_di->get("db");
}
public function someOtherDbTask()
{
// Get a shared connection service,
// this will return the same connection every time
$connection = $this->_di->getShared("db");
// This method also requires an input filtering service
$filter = $this->_di->get("filter");
}
}
$di = new Di();
// Register a "db" service in the container
$di->set(
"db",
function () {
return new Connection(
[
"host" => "localhost",
"username" => "root",
"password" => "secret",
"dbname" => "invo",
]
);
}
);
// Register a "filter" service in the container
$di->set(
"filter",
function () {
return new Filter();
}
);
// Register a "session" service in the container
$di->set(
"session",
function () {
return new Session();
}
);
// Pass the service container as unique parameter
$some = new SomeComponent($di);
$some->someDbTask();”
问题解决。获取依赖项只要通过DI容器接口操作,不需要的部分甚至都不会创建,节约了资源。
在Java的Spring框架里面,依赖注入和控制反转设计思想是近似的,道理相同但是实现不同。因为编程语言各有各的设计特点可以利用。
Spring框架的依赖注入容器接口是:ApplicationContext.
ApplicationContext context
= new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("applicationContext.xml");
但是Spring使用DI,有好几种方法,比如注解式,利用了语言的功能。
具体解释参考这篇文章,不翻译了。