Creating objects using Unity Resolve with extra parameters

Question

I'm using Prism, which gives be the nice Unity IoC container too. I'm new to the concept, so I haven't gotten my hands all around it yet. What I want to do now is to create an object using the IoC container, but passing an extra parameter too. Allow me to explain with an example..:

I have a class that takes a commands object. This is registered in the IoC container, so it will handle it nicely:

public class Person 
{
    public Person(IApplicationCommands commands) { .. }
    ..
}

Person person = _container.Resolve<Person>();

Now - I want to pass in another argument - e.g. the name of the person. However, I still want to use the IoC container to handle the resolving and hence get the other paramenters from the IoC container. But pass in the name as a "custom" parameter. Can this be done?

public class Person 
{
    public Person(IApplicationCommands commands, string name) { .. }
    ..
}

string name = "John"; 
Person person = _container.Resolve<Person>(name); // ....?? 

This example doesn't seem to work, but is there a way to make it work? Or does Unity IoC container require all parameters to be registered in the container before calling Resolve?

Answer 1

Can I pass constructor parameters to Unity's Resolve() method?

container.Resolve<IFoo>(new ParameterOverrides<Foo> { { "name", "bar" }, { "address", 42 } });"