Search for interface in all assemblies of bin

Question

How can I scan all assemblies located in the bin directory and retrieve all types implementing an interface?

any of these answers answer your question? – hunter Sep 28 '10 at 20:00 — hunter, Sep 28 '10 at 20:00

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 28 '10 at 15:10

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You can find them easily using Reflection and a LINQ query

var type = typeof(IRyuDice);
var types = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies().ToList()
    .SelectMany(a => a.GetTypes())
    .Where(t => type.IsAssignableFrom(t));

AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies returns a System.Reflection.Assembly[] collection. Then you select all Types in that Assembly and check if your interface is used by that type.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.appdomain.getassemblies.aspx

answered Sep 28 '10 at 15:10

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I don't think this answers the question as it will only process assemblies that are LOADED in the CurrentDomain, not those present but as-yet unused in the bin directory. There is an answer here that might help: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1288288/how-to-load-all-assemblies-from-within-your-bin-directory – Rob Von Nesselrode Nov 11 '13 at 06:02

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 28 '10 at 15:12

My answer might be too obvious but I'll give it a shot...

You need to take a look at DirectoryInfo to get every file (*.dll) of the directory and the use reflection in order to digg into them...

Does that answer your question or do you want to know the actual implementation?

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