PM> Install-Package Shuttle.Core.Reflection

Provides various methods to facilitate reflection handling.

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.

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssemblies()

Returns all runtime assemblies as well as those in the AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory and AppDomain.CurrentDomain.RelativeSearchPath.

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetAssemblies(string folder)

Returns a collection of all assemblies located in the given folder.

Assembly GetAssembly(string assemblyPath)

Returns the requested assembly if found; else null.

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetMatchingAssemblies(string regex)

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

IEnumerable<Assembly> GetMatchingAssemblies(string regex, string folder)

Returns a collection of assemblies in the given folder 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.

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.