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.

Task<Assembly> FindAssemblyNamedAsync(string name)

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

Task<Assembly> GetAssemblyAsync(string assemblyPath)

Returns the requested assembly if found; else null.

Task<IEnumerable<Assembly>> GetMatchingAssembliesAsync(Regex regex)

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

Task<IEnumerable<Assembly>> GetRuntimeAssembliesAsync()

For .Net 4.6+ (which isn't support in the latest version) returns AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();. For .Net Core 2.0+ all the DependencyContext.Default.GetRuntimeAssemblyNames(RuntimeEnvironment.GetRuntimeIdentifier()) assembly names are resolved.

Task<Type> GetTypeAsync(string typeName)

Attempts to find the requested type.

Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesAsync(Assembly assembly)

Returns all types in the given assembly.

Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesAssignableToAsync(Type type, Assembly assembly)
// and these extensions
Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesAssignableToAsync<T>();
Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesAssignableToAsync(Type type);
Task<IEnumerable<Type>> GetTypesAssignableToAsync<T>(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.