load generics by scanning registered services first and fallback to assembly discovery

zero.Core/Api/PagesApi.cs

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ namespace zero.Core.Api
     /// <inheritdoc />
     public async Task<T> GetById(string id)
     {
+      var res = await GetById<IPage>(id); // this works
       return await GetById<T>(id);
     }
 

zero.Debug/Renderers/page.redirect.js

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+
+export default {
+  alias: 'page.redirect',
+
+  fields: [
+    {
+      field: 'link',
+      display: 'text',
+      label: 'Link',
+      required: true
+    },
+  ]
+};

zero.Web.UI/App/components/modules/predefined/module-preview-figure.vue

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <img v-if="imageSource" :src="imageSource" class="-image" />
     <figcaption>
       <article class="-text" v-if="text" v-html="text"></article>
-      <article class="-subline" v-if="subline" v-html="subline"></article>
+      <article class="-subline" v-if="subline">{{subline.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/ig, " ")}}</article>
     </figcaption>
   </figure>
 </template>

zero.Web/ApiControllerFeatureProvider.cs

@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ApplicationParts;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.Controllers;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using zero.Core;
 using zero.Core.Assemblies;
+using zero.Core.Entities;
 using zero.Web.Controllers;
 using zero.Web.Filters;
 
@@ -13,14 +15,18 @@ namespace zero.Web
 {
   public class ApiControllerFeatureProvider : IApplicationFeatureProvider<ControllerFeature>
   {
-    public ApiControllerFeatureProvider()
-    {
+    IServiceCollection ServiceCollection;
 
+    public ApiControllerFeatureProvider(IServiceCollection serviceCollection)
+    {
+      ServiceCollection = serviceCollection;
     }
 
 
     public void PopulateFeature(IEnumerable<ApplicationPart> parts, ControllerFeature feature)
-    {  
+    {
+      var pagetype = typeof(IPage);
+      var page = ServiceCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.ServiceType.Equals(pagetype));
       IEnumerable<TypeInfo> candidates = AssemblyDiscovery.Current.GetTypes<ISupportsGenericsController>(parts, true).Where(x => x.ContainsGenericParameters);
 
       foreach (TypeInfo candidate in candidates)
@@ -42,12 +48,25 @@ namespace zero.Web
             break;
           }
 
-          TypeInfo concreteArgument = AssemblyDiscovery.Current.GetTypes(requiredService, parts).FirstOrDefault();
+          TypeInfo concreteArgument = null;
+
+          ServiceDescriptor descriptor = ServiceCollection.FirstOrDefault(x => x.ServiceType.Equals(requiredService));
+
+          if (descriptor != null)
+          {
+            concreteArgument = descriptor.ImplementationType?.GetTypeInfo();
+          }
 
           if (concreteArgument == null)
           {
-            isValid = false;
-            break;
+            IEnumerable<TypeInfo> concreteArgumentCandidates = AssemblyDiscovery.Current.GetTypes(requiredService, parts);
+            concreteArgument = concreteArgumentCandidates.FirstOrDefault();
+
+            if (concreteArgument == null)
+            {
+              isValid = false;
+              break;
+            }
           }
 
           concreteArguments.Add(concreteArgument);

zero.Web/ZeroBuilder.cs

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace zero.Web
       {
         Mvc.AddRazorRuntimeCompilation();
       }
-      Mvc.PartManager.FeatureProviders.Add(new ApiControllerFeatureProvider());
+      Mvc.PartManager.FeatureProviders.Add(new ApiControllerFeatureProvider(Services));
 
 
       // configure Raven + Identity