Limitation of Service Locator Pattern

Question

User1904516115 posted

What are the limitations of Service Locator Pattern?

Answer 1

User-821857111 posted

• All components need to have a reference to the service locator, which is a singleton.
• The service locator makes the application hard to test.
• A service locator makes it easier to introduce breaking changes in interface implementations.

See https://stackify.com/service-locator-pattern/

Answer 2

User288213138 posted

Hi vinodkpasi,

Here is an introduction about The Service Locator Pattern for your as a reference. It illustrates the drawbacks of this model and the considerations for implementing this mode.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/msp-n-p/ff648968(v=pandp.10)?redirectedfrom=MSDN

You can also refer to this link, It introduces one of the limitation of this pattern: lazy initialization.

http://www.stefanoricciardi.com/2009/10/13/service-locator-pattern-in-c-with-lazy-initialization/

Hope this can help you.

Best regards,

Sam