This is my first time using Unity so bear with me for a moment. I have a sample Visual Studio 2012 project with 4 projects (but only two of these projects will be used with Unity). This is the following setup of the projects:

1. Database – WinForm project that displays a Master Detail Form
2. DatabaseUtilities – A class library that implements the Repository pattern. The interface is called ISampleRepository.cs and the type is called SampleRepository.cs

Project Setup http://www.omnicom-innovations.com/Snippets/Images/Unity/UnityQuestion2.png

I’ve been reading on Dependency Injection and I understand that the UnityContainer code gets placed in the starting location of where the application is going to run.

Should it go in Database.Program.cs or in a Bootstrapper.cs class that resides in the DatabaseUtilities project?

I ask because Program.cs is technically the entry point to the Database WinForm project.

Here’s my code for Bootstrapper.cs:

using Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration;

namespace DatabaseUtilities
{
    public class Bootstrapper
    {
        private static UnityContainer _container;

        public static ISampleRepository<Employee> LoadSampleRepository()
        {
            _container = new UnityContainer();
            _container.RegisterType(typeof(ISampleRepository<Employee>), typeof(SampleRepository));
            var obj = _container.Resolve<ISampleRepository<Employee>>();


            return obj;            
        }
    }
}

I’m thinking of referencing the Bootstrapper.cs from Program.cs in the Database project.

But would this be considered a best practice? Furthermore, I want to make sure that I don’t shoot myself in the foot later on. Let’s say I decide to implement another form from the MasterDetail form and I need to perform a different CRUD operation (i.e. an update operation). I want to be able to use my class that implements IRepository.

Am I looking at this from the right angle?