How can I emulate Modules / Installers / Registries with Simple Injector

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Autofac has modules, Windsor has Installers and StructureMap Registries ... with Simple Injector how can I pack configuration logic into reusable classes?

I have tried:

public interface IModule { }

public class FooModule : IModule
{
    public FooModule(SimpleInjector.Container container)
    {
        container.RegisterSingleton<IBar, Bar>();
        container.RegisterSingleton<IFoo, Foo>();
    }
}

And I use it in the Composition Root:

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var container = new SimpleInjector.Container();
    container.RegisterCollection<IModule>(new FooModule(container));
    ...
}

However, FooModule depends on container and maybe in not a good practice... see http://code.google.com/p/autofac/wiki/BestPractices:

If components have a dependency on the container, look at how they're using the container to retrieve services, and add those services to the component's (dependency injected) constructor arguments instead.