Accessing static members across processes C#

Question

Ok, here is the problem. I have a third party c# lib and im kind of writing a tool about it. So there are a few static Containers that i want to monitor from another application but ofcourse i cant reach them in the domain of my app. A simple example would be :

namespace DefinedInAsembly1
{
     public class Resource
     {
       public static IList<DateTime> DateTimes {get;set;}
     }
}

 namespace DefinedInAssembly2
 {
    class RunningProgram
    {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
         while(true)
         {
          Resource.DateTimes.Add(DateTime.Now); 
          Thread.Sleep(10000);
         }
      }
    }
 }

namespace DefinedInAssembly3
{
 class ToolProgram
 {
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
         //Accessing Resource.DateTimes with the values inserted from RunningProgram
         //Any ideas?
    }

 }
}

If you have another process, then there is no magic, the only solution is to use IPC. — ken2k, Jun 24 '13 at 11:42

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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You need to use any of available on host OS IPC (Inter Process Commnuication) tecniques:

So applications that have to be listened by someone, should expose themselves via one of these, so another application that would like to sniff, or affect the state of them, can communicate with them via these channels.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Jun 24 '13 at 11:42

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About IPC, I think it's worth saying that WCF could really help with communication between 2 .Net processes. – ken2k Jun 24 '13 at 11:45
@ken2k: in the last link (SO answer) there is a reference on WCF too. – Tigran Jun 24 '13 at 11:46
Is there no other way? Can't i use something like reflection or else.Like i said its kind of a tool so i dont wont to touch the "RunningProgram" or "Resource" @ken2k – Simeon Dimov Jun 24 '13 at 11:56
@SimeonDimov No you can't. If there are 2 processes, each process has its own memory space allocated, and you can't share data between them without implementing some IPC mechanism. – ken2k Jun 24 '13 at 12:00
Found my way around.Thank you – Simeon Dimov Jun 25 '13 at 06:45
NP method was simple after adjusting for .net 4.5 – stackuser83 Jul 29 '15 at 22:08

Accessing static members across processes C#

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