Inversion of Control (IOC) through injection also known as Injection IOC has not been a designer or programmer friendly pattern. Many question its validity and the validity of IOC in general. IOC seems to be a contradiction to the fundamental concept of object encapsulation. Context IOC is a new approach that attempts to capture Inversion of Control as a pure design pattern to demonstrate that IOC is indeed a very powerful concept.

Author: Sony Mathew
Published: TheServerSide, February 2005