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  <connectionStrings>
    <clear />
    <add name="Sample07Context" connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=TestDbIoC;Integrated Security = true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
    <add name="Database2012" connectionString="Data Source=(local);Initial Catalog=testdb2012;Integrated Security = true" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
  </connectionStrings>

using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Linq;
using EF_Sample07.DomainClasses;
 
namespace EF_Sample07.DataLayer.Context
{
    public class Sample07Context : DbContext, IUnitOfWork
    {
        public DbSet<Category> Categories { set; get; }
        public DbSet<Product> Products { set; get; }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// It looks for a connection string named Sample07Context in the web.config file.
        /// </summary>
        public Sample07Context()
            : base("Sample07Context")
        {
        }
 
        /// <summary>
        /// To change the connection string at runtime. See the SmObjectFactory class for more info.
        /// </summary>
        public Sample07Context(string connectionString)
            : base(connectionString)
        {
            //Note: defaultConnectionFactory in the web.config file should be set.
        }
 
 
        public void SetConnectionString(string connectionString)
        {
            this.Database.Connection.ConnectionString = connectionString;
        }
    }
}

using System;
using System.Threading;
using System.Web;
using EF_Sample07.DataLayer.Context;
using EF_Sample07.ServiceLayer;
using StructureMap;
using StructureMap.Web;
using StructureMap.Web.Pipeline;
 
namespace EF_Sample07.IoCConfig
{
    public static class SmObjectFactory
    {
        private static readonly Lazy<Container> _containerBuilder =
            new Lazy<Container>(defaultContainer, LazyThreadSafetyMode.ExecutionAndPublication);
 
        public static IContainer Container
        {
            get { return _containerBuilder.Value; }
        }
 
        public static void HttpContextDisposeAndClearAll()
        {
            HttpContextLifecycle.DisposeAndClearAll();
        }
 
        private static Container defaultContainer()
        {
            return new Container(ioc =>
            {
                // session manager setup
                ioc.For<ISessionProvider>().Use<DefaultWebSessionProvider>();
                ioc.For<HttpSessionStateBase>()
                   .Use(ctx => new HttpSessionStateWrapper(HttpContext.Current.Session));
 
                ioc.For<IUnitOfWork>()
                   .HybridHttpOrThreadLocalScoped()
                   .Use<Sample07Context>()
                    // Remove these 2 lines if you want to use a connection string named Sample07Context, defined in the web.config file.
                   .Ctor<string>("connectionString")
                   .Is(ctx => getCurrentConnectionString(ctx));
 
                ioc.For<ICategoryService>().Use<EfCategoryService>();
                ioc.For<IProductService>().Use<EfProductService>();
 
                ioc.For<ICategoryService>().Use<EfCategoryService>();
                ioc.For<IProductService>().Use<EfProductService>();
 
                ioc.Policies.SetAllProperties(properties =>
                {
                    properties.OfType<IUnitOfWork>();
                    properties.OfType<ICategoryService>();
                    properties.OfType<IProductService>();
                    properties.OfType<ISessionProvider>();
                });
            });
        }
 
        private static string getCurrentConnectionString(IContext ctx)
        {
            if (HttpContext.Current != null)
            {
                // this is a web application
                var sessionProvider = ctx.GetInstance<ISessionProvider>();
                var connectionString = sessionProvider.Get<string>("CurrentConnectionString");
                if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(connectionString))
                {
                    // It's a default connectionString.
                    connectionString = "Database2012";
                    // this session value should be set during the login phase
                    sessionProvider.Store("CurrentConnectionStringName", connectionString);
                }
 
                return connectionString;
            }
            else
            {
                // this is a desktop application, so you can store this value in a global static variable.
                return "Database2012";
            }
        }
    }
}

 sessionProvider.Store("CurrentConnectionString", "Sample07Context");
uow.SetConnectionString(WebConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings[_sessionProvider.Get<string>("CurrentConnectionString")].ConnectionString);

using System;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Web;
using EF_Sample07.DataLayer.Context;
using EF_Sample07.IoCConfig;
 
namespace EF_Sample07.WebFormsAppSample
{
    public class Global : HttpApplication
    {
        void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            initDatabases();
        }
 
        private static void initDatabases()
        {
            // defined in web.config
            string[] connectionStringNames =
            {
                "Sample07Context",
                "Database2012"
            };
 
            foreach (var connectionStringName in connectionStringNames)
            {
                Database.SetInitializer(
                    new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<Sample07Context, Configuration>(connectionStringName));
 
                using (var ctx = new Sample07Context(connectionStringName))
                {
                    ctx.Database.Initialize(force: true);
                }
            }
        }
 
        void Application_EndRequest(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            SmObjectFactory.HttpContextDisposeAndClearAll();
        } 
    }
}

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