Oct
18
2010
What is MEF (Managed Extensibility Framework). 
For example you have an accounting application and you would like to provide a hook (socket) where external vendors can connect (plug) and add invoicing capabilities to the accounting application. For instance you have application which you would want different vendors to connect with their features and extend your application. So the vendors just put the components in the application, the application discovers them and does the connection and extension. The Managed Extensibility Framework (MEF) is a new library in .NET that enables greater reuse of applications and components. Using MEF, .NET applications can make the shift from being statically compiled to dynamically composed. If you are building extensible applications, extensible frameworks and application extensions, then MEF is for you. More...