Add GetRegistrationId extension to expose a registration's unique ID (#1327)

default.proj

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <Project DefaultTargets="All" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="Current">
   <PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Increment the overall semantic version here. -->
-    <Version>9.1.1</Version>
+    <Version>9.2.0</Version>
     <SolutionName>Autofac</SolutionName>
     <Configuration Condition="'$(Configuration)'==''">Release</Configuration>
     <ArtifactDirectory>$([System.IO.Path]::Combine($(MSBuildProjectDirectory),"artifacts"))</ArtifactDirectory>

src/Autofac/RegistrationExtensions.cs

@@ -780,4 +780,51 @@ public static IRegistrationBuilder<TLimit, TActivatorData, TStyle>
         var tags = new[] { MatchingScopeLifetimeTags.RequestLifetimeScopeTag }.Concat(lifetimeScopeTags).ToArray();
         return registration.InstancePerMatchingLifetimeScope(tags);
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the unique <see cref="Guid"/> identity assigned to a single-component registration.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <typeparam name="TLimit">Registration limit type.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="TActivatorData">Activator data type.</typeparam>
+    /// <param name="registration">The registration whose identity to retrieve.</param>
+    /// <returns>
+    /// The <see cref="Guid"/> that uniquely identifies this registration. This is the same value
+    /// that will appear on the resulting <see cref="Core.IComponentRegistration.Id"/> after the
+    /// container is built.
+    /// </returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
+    /// Thrown if <paramref name="registration" /> is <see langword="null" />.
+    /// </exception>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// <para>
+    /// Each single-component registration (created via <see cref="RegisterType{TImplementer}(ContainerBuilder)"/>,
+    /// <see cref="Register{T}(ContainerBuilder, Func{IComponentContext, T})"/>, or
+    /// <see cref="RegisterInstance{T}(ContainerBuilder, T)"/>) is assigned a stable <see cref="Guid"/>
+    /// at the time the registration builder is created. This ID flows through unchanged to
+    /// <see cref="Core.IComponentRegistration.Id"/> when the container is built.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// A common use case is to capture the registration ID before building the container and use
+    /// it as a key in <see cref="ContainerBuilder.Properties"/> to associate per-registration
+    /// state or metadata, then look that state up at resolve time via
+    /// <see cref="Core.IComponentRegistration.Id"/>.
+    /// </para>
+    /// <para>
+    /// This method is only available for single-component registrations
+    /// (<see cref="Builder.SingleRegistrationStyle"/>). Multi-component registrations such as
+    /// open-generic registrations (via <c>RegisterGeneric</c>), assembly-scanning registrations,
+    /// adapters, and decorators do not have a single stable identity and this method is not
+    /// callable on them — attempting to do so results in a compile-time error.
+    /// </para>
+    /// </remarks>
+    public static Guid GetRegistrationId<TLimit, TActivatorData>(
+        this IRegistrationBuilder<TLimit, TActivatorData, SingleRegistrationStyle> registration)
+    {
+        if (registration == null)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(registration));
+        }
+
+        return registration.RegistrationStyle.Id;
+    }
 }

test/Autofac.Test/Builder/GetRegistrationIdTests.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright (c) Autofac Project. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
+
+using Autofac.Builder;
+using Autofac.Core;
+
+namespace Autofac.Test.Builder;
+
+public class GetRegistrationIdTests
+{
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRegistrationId_NullRegistration_ThrowsArgumentNullException()
+    {
+        // Issue #1327
+        IRegistrationBuilder<object, SimpleActivatorData, SingleRegistrationStyle> registration = null;
+        Assert.Throws<ArgumentNullException>(() => registration.GetRegistrationId());
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRegistrationId_RegisterType_MatchesBuiltComponentRegistrationId()
+    {
+        // Issue #1327 - The ID returned before build matches IComponentRegistration.Id after build.
+        var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
+        var rb = cb.RegisterType<MyComponent>();
+        var capturedId = rb.GetRegistrationId();
+        var container = cb.Build();
+
+        Assert.True(container.ComponentRegistry.TryGetRegistration(new TypedService(typeof(MyComponent)), out var cr));
+        Assert.Equal(capturedId, cr.Id);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRegistrationId_RegisterDelegate_MatchesBuiltComponentRegistrationId()
+    {
+        // Issue #1327 - The ID returned before build matches IComponentRegistration.Id after build.
+        var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
+        var rb = cb.Register(_ => new MyComponent());
+        var capturedId = rb.GetRegistrationId();
+        var container = cb.Build();
+
+        Assert.True(container.ComponentRegistry.TryGetRegistration(new TypedService(typeof(MyComponent)), out var cr));
+        Assert.Equal(capturedId, cr.Id);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRegistrationId_RegisterInstance_MatchesBuiltComponentRegistrationId()
+    {
+        // Issue #1327 - The ID returned before build matches IComponentRegistration.Id after build.
+        var instance = new MyComponent();
+        var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
+        var rb = cb.RegisterInstance(instance);
+        var capturedId = rb.GetRegistrationId();
+        var container = cb.Build();
+
+        Assert.True(container.ComponentRegistry.TryGetRegistration(new TypedService(typeof(MyComponent)), out var cr));
+        Assert.Equal(capturedId, cr.Id);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRegistrationId_CalledTwice_ReturnsSameGuid()
+    {
+        // Issue #1327 - The ID is stable across multiple calls on the same builder.
+        var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
+        var rb = cb.RegisterType<MyComponent>();
+
+        var id1 = rb.GetRegistrationId();
+        var id2 = rb.GetRegistrationId();
+
+        Assert.Equal(id1, id2);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void GetRegistrationId_TwoDistinctRegistrations_ReturnDifferentGuids()
+    {
+        // Issue #1327 - Each registration gets its own unique ID.
+        var cb = new ContainerBuilder();
+        var rb1 = cb.RegisterType<MyComponent>();
+        var rb2 = cb.Register(_ => new MyComponent());
+
+        Assert.NotEqual(rb1.GetRegistrationId(), rb2.GetRegistrationId());
+    }
+
+    private class MyComponent
+    {
+    }
+}