public class ProductsController : ApiController
{
    private static IProductRepository repository = new ProductRepository();

    // Controller methods not shown.
} 

public class ProductsController : ApiController
{
    private readonly IProductRepository repository;

    public ProductsController(IProductRepository repository)
    {
        if (repository == null)
        {
            throw new ArgumentNullException("repository");
        }
        this.repository = repository;
    }

class SimpleContainer : IDependencyResolver
{
    static readonly IProductRepository respository = new ProductRepository();

    public IDependencyScope BeginScope()
    {
        // This example does not support child scopes, so we simply return 'this'.
        return this; 
    }

    public object GetService(Type serviceType)
    {
        if (serviceType == typeof(ProductsController))
        {
            return new ProductsController(respository);
        }
        else
        {
            return null;
        }
    }

    public IEnumerable<object> GetServices(Type serviceType)
    {
        return new List<object>();
    }

    public void Dispose()
    {
        // When BeginScope returns 'this', the Dispose method must be a no-op.
    }
}

namespace System.Web.Http.Dependencies
{
    public interface IDependencyResolver : IDependencyScope, IDisposable
    {
        IDependencyScope BeginScope();
    }

    public interface IDependencyScope : IDisposable
    {
        object GetService(Type serviceType);
        IEnumerable<object> GetServices(Type serviceType);
    }
}

public class WebApiApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
{
    void ConfigureApi(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        config.DependencyResolver = new SimpleContainer();
    }

    protected void Application_Start()
    {
        ConfigureApi(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);

        // ...
    }
}

namespace ProductStore
{
    using System;
    using System.Collections.Generic;
    using System.Web.Http;
    using System.Web.Http.Dependencies;
    using Microsoft.Practices.Unity;

    class ScopeContainer : IDependencyScope
    {
        protected IUnityContainer container;

        public ScopeContainer(IUnityContainer container)
        {
            if (container == null)
            {
                throw new ArgumentNullException("container");
            }
            this.container = container;
        }

        public object GetService(Type serviceType)
        {
            if (container.IsRegistered(serviceType))
            {
                return container.Resolve(serviceType);
            }
            else
            {
                return null;
            }
        }

        public IEnumerable<object> GetServices(Type serviceType)
        {
            if (container.IsRegistered(serviceType))
            {
                return container.ResolveAll(serviceType);
            }
            else
            {
                return new List<object>();
            }
        }

        public void Dispose()
        {
            container.Dispose();
        }
    }

    class IoCContainer : ScopeContainer, IDependencyResolver
    {
        public IoCContainer(IUnityContainer container)
            : base(container)
        {
        }

        public IDependencyScope BeginScope()
        {
            var child = container.CreateChildContainer();
            return new ScopeContainer(child);
        }
    }
}

void ConfigureApi(HttpConfiguration config)
{
    var unity = new UnityContainer();
    unity.RegisterType<ProductsController>();
    unity.RegisterType<IProductRepository, ProductRepository>(
        new HierarchicalLifetimeManager());
    config.DependencyResolver = new IoCContainer(unity);
}

    public IDependencyScope BeginScope()
    {
        // This example does not support child scopes, so we simply return 'this'.
        return this; 
    }