Simple and clean…
public class ExportedTypesLoader : IDisposable
{
private AppDomain _domain;
private IEnumerable<Type> _types;
public IEnumerable<Type> ExportedTypes
{
get { return _types; }
}
public Type FindType(string fullName)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(fullName))
throw new ArgumentException("null or empty", "fullName");
return (
from t in _types
where t.FullName == fullName
select t
).FirstOrDefault();
}
public void Dispose()
{
if (_domain != null)
{
AppDomain.Unload(_domain);
}
}
public ExportedTypesLoader(string asmPath)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(asmPath))
throw new ArgumentException("null or empty", "asmPath");
// file exists?
var asmFile = new FileInfo(asmPath);
if (!asmFile.Exists)
throw new ArgumentException("assembly file does not exist: " + asmFile.FullName, "asmPath");
// create domain
_domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain("ExportedTypesLoaderDomain-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
// load assembly and exported types
var asmData = File.ReadAllBytes(asmFile.FullName);
var asm = _domain.Load(asmData);
_types = asm.GetExportedTypes();
}
}
