Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions

Namespace: Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions
Assembly: Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions.dll

Interfaces

Represents a host that is configured and ready to execute.

public interface IHost : IDisposable

Contains members for starting, stopping, and managing the lifecycle of the host.

Used to configure application services and host.

public interface IHostBuilder

Provides methods to configure the application's services, host settings, and build the actual host.

Provides information about the environment the application is running in.

public interface IHostEnvironment

string EnvironmentName: Gets the name of the environment the application is running in.
string ApplicationName: Gets the name of the application.
string ContentRootPath: Gets the absolute path to the directory that contains the application content files.
IFileProvider ContentRootFileProvider: Gets an IFileProvider representing the content root.

Represents the lifetime of the host.

public interface IHostLifetime

Responsible for managing the startup and shutdown of the host.

A default implementation of IHost.

public class Host : IHost

Provides the core functionality for hosting an application.

A default implementation of IHostBuilder.

public class HostBuilder : IHostBuilder

Configures and builds an IHost instance.

A generic implementation of IHostEnvironment.

public class GenericHostEnvironment : IHostEnvironment

Provides a concrete implementation for host environment details.

Extension methods for configuring the host builder.

public static class HostConfigurationBuilderExtensions

Provides methods like ConfigureHostConfiguration and UseContentRoot.

Extension methods for configuring the host.

public static class HostExtensions

Includes methods such as Run, Start, and StopAsync.

Extension methods for accessing IHostBuilderContext.

public static class HostBuilderContextExtensions

Provides utility to get host builder context information.