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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Dependency injection addresses hard-coded dependency problems through:
.NET provides a built-in service container, <xref:System.IServiceProvider>. Services are typically registered at the app's start-up and appended to an <xref:Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.IServiceCollection>. Once all services are added, use <xref:Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.ServiceCollectionContainerBuilderExtensions.BuildServiceProvider*> to create the service container.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> Desktop apps control their own lifetime. Frameworks like WPF and Windows Forms require you to integrate the host lifetime with the application lifetime events.
> Desktop apps control their own lifetime. WPF and Windows Forms apps must integrate the host lifetime with the application lifetime events. For more information, see [Use the .NET Generic Host in a WPF app](/dotnet/desktop/wpf/app-development/how-to-use-host-builder) and [Use the .NET Generic Host in a Windows Forms app](/dotnet/desktop/winforms/advanced/how-to-use-host-builder).

- Injection of the service into the constructor of the class where it's used.

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