Mono, ASP.NET MVC 3, Ninject and a default constructor required - asp.net-mvc-3

Question

I have a working Visual Studio project that I want to run o Mac with Mono and MonoDevelop.
The project is an ASP.NET MVC 3 application with Ninject MVC that basically inject on controller some interface implementations.
After add all ASP.NET MVC dlls and Ninject dependencies to the project, it compiles successfully. But when I go to run it, I have the error:
Default constructor not found for type WebActivatorTest.Controllers.HomeController.
My controller has the following code:
public class HomeController : Controller
{
INotifier _notifier;
public HomeController(INotifier notifier_)
{
_notifier = notifier_;
}
public ActionResult Index()
{
ViewBag.Name = _notifier.Person();
return View();
}
}
I dont wanna have an empty constructor, cause I now have an AppStart code registering my interface:
private static void RegisterServices(IKernel kernel)
{
kernel.Bind<WebActivatorTest.Models.INotifier>().To<WebActivatorTest.Models.Notifier>();
}
This code works perfectly on Windows/Visual Studio but does not work on Mono.
Could some one help me?
The full error is:
Server Error in '/' Application
Default constructor not found for type WebActivatorTest.Controllers.HomeController.
Description: HTTP 500. Error processing request.
Stack Trace:
System.MissingMethodException: Default constructor not found for type WebActivatorTest.Controllers.HomeController.
at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type, Boolean nonPublic) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Activator.CreateInstance (System.Type type) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Web.Mvc.DefaultControllerFactory+DefaultControllerActivator.Create (System.Web.Routing.RequestContext requestContext, System.Type controllerType) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Version information: Mono Runtime Version: 2.10.9 (tarball Tue Mar 20 15:31:37 EDT 2012); ASP.NET Version: 4.0.30319.1

Answer 1

you can add default constructor
public HomeController()
{
}
But i think, you wrong activate Ninject for controllers. You need register ninject factory. Make sure your code in Global.asax like below:
public class MvcApplication : NinjectHttpApplication
{
/// <summary>
/// Registers the global filters.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="filters">The filters.</param>
public static void RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilterCollection filters)
{
filters.Add(new HandleErrorAttribute());
}
/// <summary>
/// Registers the routes.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="routes">The routes.</param>
public static void RegisterRoutes(RouteCollection routes)
{
routes.IgnoreRoute("{resource}.axd/{*pathInfo}");
routes.MapRoute(
"Default", // Route name
"{controller}/{action}/{id}", // URL with parameters
new { controller = "Home", action = "Index", id = UrlParameter.Optional });
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates the kernel that will manage your application.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The created kernel.</returns>
protected override IKernel CreateKernel()
{
var kernel = new StandardKernel();
kernel.Load(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly());
return kernel;
}
/// <summary>
/// Called when the application is started.
/// </summary>
protected override void OnApplicationStarted()
{
base.OnApplicationStarted();
AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();
RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
}
}
Also, for examples you can see sample code on MVC3 here

Answer 2

Or you could use the MVC extensions for ninject, as detailed here
I'm assuming this will work with Mono

Answer 3

I'm coming a little late to the party, but this solution helped me.
Override the default constructor:
public HomeController() : this(new Notifier())
{
}
public HomeController(INotifier notifier_)
{
_notifier = notifier_;
}