Dependency Injection Constructor Madness

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I find that my constructors are starting to look like this:

public MyClass(Container con, SomeClass1 obj1, SomeClass2, obj2.... )

with ever increasing parameter list. Since "Container" is my dependency injection container, why can't I just do this:

public MyClass(Container con)

for every class? What are the downsides? If I do this, it feels like I'm using a glorified static. Please share your thoughts on IoC and Dependency Injection madness.

Thanks in advance.

-JP

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