Explain replacing services at runtime (Mutability of DI Containers).

Updated Apr 28, 2026

Short answer

Most modern DI containers are immutable once built to guarantee thread safety and performance. Replacing services at runtime is fundamentally restricted.

Deep explanation

If you need an implementation to change dynamically after startup, you should not try to 'rebuild' the container. Instead, use a proxy, a factory, or the Strategy pattern that dynamically forwards calls to the current active implementation based on runtime state.

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