inversion-of-control.md

Inversion of Control

Links

• InversionOfControl - Fowler
• Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern - Fowler
• Inversion of Control Containers and the Dependency Injection pattern - Fowler
• DIP in the Wild - Brett L. Schuchert

Related topics

• Topics that might be confused with each other
  • Inversion of Control
  • Dependency Inversion Principle (from SOLID)
  • Dependency Injection

They are all related, but in fact separate.

Relation with Hollywood Principle

For some the Hollywood Principle (or Law) is just a synonym of Inversion of Control; some others see subtle differences. See Confusion between Inversion of Control and Hollywood Principle.

In this context, another related topic is the difference between libraries and frameworks, as it is stated that frameworks follow the Hollywood Principle (see What is the difference between a framework and a library?).