Shuttle.Core.Reflection 12.0.1

Shuttle.Core.Reflection

PM> Install-Package Shuttle.Core.Reflection

Provides various methods to facilitate reflection handling.

ReflectionService

string AssemblyPath(Assembly assembly)

Returns the path to the given assembly.

Assembly FindAssemblyNamed(string name)

Returns the Assembly that has the requested name; else null.

Assembly GetAssembly(string assemblyPath)

Returns the requested assembly if found; else null.

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssemblies()

Returns all reachable assemblies.

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetMatchingAssemblies(string regex)

Returns a collection of assemblies that have their file name matching the given Regex expression.

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetRuntimeAssemblies()

For .Net 4.6+ returns AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();. For .Net Core 2.0+ all the DependencyContext.Default.GetRuntimeAssemblyNames(RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier()) assembly names are resolved.

Type GetType(string typeName)

Attempts to find the requested type.

IEnumerable<Type> GetTypes(Assembly assembly)

Returns all types in the given assembly.

IEnumerable<Type> GetTypesAssignableTo<T>();
IEnumerable<Type> GetTypesAssignableTo(Type type);
IEnumerable<Type> GetTypesAssignableTo<T>(Assembly assembly);
IEnumerable<Type> GetTypesAssignableTo(Type type, Assembly assembly);

Returns all the types in the given assembly that are assignable to the type or typeof(T); if no assembly is provided the all assemblies returned by GetAssemblies() will be scanned.