## About
+Contains abstractions to host user code in an application by encapsulating an application's resources and lifetime functionality including:
+- Dependency injection (DI).
+- Logging.
+- Configuration.
+- Starting, stopping and obtaining notifications.
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+This package is also used to wire up specific application models like ASP.NET Core that are built on top of hosting.
## Key Features
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+* Provides the `BackgroundService` base class and the `IHostedService` interface for implementing worker services.
+* Provides interfaces used to configure and start\stop a host.
+* Provides types to obtain environment settings such as an application name and paths.
## How to Use
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+See the Conceptual documentation below for using `BackgroundService` and `IHostedService` to host worker services.
## Main Types
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+* `Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.BackgroundService`
+* `Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostBuilder`
+* `Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.IHostedService`
## Additional Documentation
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-* [Conceptual documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/serialization/**LIBRARYNAME**/overview)
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+* [Conceptual documentation]
+ - [Worker services in .NET](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/extensions/workers)
+ - [Implement the IHostedService interface](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/extensions/timer-service)
+* [API documentation]
+ - [BackgroundService](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.hosting.backgroundservice)
+ - [IHostBuilder](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.hosting.ihostbuilder)
+ - [IHostedService](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/microsoft.extensions.hosting.ihostedservice)
## Related Packages
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+- `Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting`
+- `Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions`
+- `Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions`
+- `Microsoft.Extensions.Diagnostics.Abstractions`
+- `Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions`
+- `Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions`
## Feedback & Contributing
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-Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions is released as open source under the [MIT license](https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT). Bug reports and contributions are welcome at [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime).
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+Microsoft.Extensions.Hosting.Abstractions is released as open source under the [MIT license](https://licenses.nuget.org/MIT). Bug reports and contributions are welcome at [the GitHub repository](https://github.com/dotnet/runtime).