Constructor parameters for controllers without a DI container for ASP.NET MVC

Does anyone have any code examples on how to create controllers that have parameters other than using a Dependency Injection Container?

I see plenty of samples with using containers like StructureMap, but nothing if you wanted to pass in the dependency class yourself.

From stackoverflow Korbin

• You can use poor-man's dependency injection:

  public ProductController() : this( new Foo() )
  {
    //the framework calls this
  }
  
  public ProductController(IFoo foo)
  {
    _foo = foo;
  }
  

  From Ben Scheirman

• You can create an IModelBinder that spins up an instance from a factory - or, yes, the container. =)

  From Matt Hinze

• Creative approach LOL. I would suspect that MS will eventually add a easier mechanism for doing this if we didn't want to depend on a third party open source codebase (DI container).

  Ben Scheirman : Why don't you want to leverage a DI container? They alleviate all the pain with resolving dependencies. It's a tiny investment in learning a tool and you can a load in return in avoiding messy constructor wiring. Windsor, StructureMap, Ninject, Spring... pick one and run with it.

  Korbin : Because some customers are opposed to using open source software. Even though Asp.net MVC is open source it's still supported by MS.
  From Korbin

• One way is to create a ControllerFactory:

  public class MyControllerFactory : DefaultControllerFactory
  {
      public override IController CreateController(
          RequestContext requestContext, string controllerName)
      {
          return [construct your controller here] ;
      }
  }
  

  Then, in Global.asax.cs:

      private void Application_Start(object sender, EventArgs e)
      {
          RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);
          ControllerBuilder.Current.SetControllerFactory(
              new MyNamespace.MyControllerFactory());
      }
  

  From Craig Stuntz