List of classes in an assembly

Question

I've a DLL assembly, in which there are various classes. Each class has around 50-100 members and 4-5 functions. How can I create a list of all the classes and their respective members using a VB.NET program?

I need to show to the user for performing an operation using a particular class.

score 17 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 06 '12 at 07:46

Assuming that you've your assembly loaded to thisAsm (in this ex I'm using the executing assembly),

This will get you all non abstract classes:

Assembly thisAsm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
List<Type> types = thisAsm.GetTypes().Where(t => t.IsClass && !t.IsAbstract).ToList();

And this will get you all classes that implements a specific interface.

(Eg. If you need to get only the classes that implements IYourInterface, then)

Assembly thisAsm = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
List<Type> types = thisAsm.GetTypes().Where
            (t => ((typeof(IYourInterface).IsAssignableFrom(t) 
                 && t.IsClass && !t.IsAbstract))).ToList();

Once you've this list of items, you can show the members of each type, by calling the GetProperties() and GetMethods() on each member of the types list.

It should still be pretty straightforward to convert the C# to VB. — Elan Hasson, Apr 22 '11 at 15:45
+2 for providing an actual answer with actual code. -1 for not translating it to VB.NET. — Peter Mortensen, Apr 08 '14 at 07:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 29 '08 at 10:20

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See the documentation for System.Reflection.Assembly.GetTypes() and System.Type.GetMembers()

--larsw

answered Dec 29 '08 at 10:20

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-1 for not including any explanation beyond the links. – Nick Udell Jul 08 '14 at 14:36
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The first link no longer exists – Jetti Aug 04 '15 at 02:00

Mohamad Shiralizadeh · Answer 3 · 2014-10-04T09:10:59.237

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You can get all type that inherits from Form in VB.net:

Dim thisAsm As Assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
Dim types As List(Of Type) = thisAsm.GetTypes().Where(Function(t) t.BaseType = GetType(Form)).ToList()

edited Oct 04 '14 at 09:10

answered Oct 04 '14 at 09:01

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 04 '14 at 09:18

Here is vb.net version based on @amazedsaint answer:

Dim thisAsm As Assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
Dim types As List(Of Type) = thisAsm
    .GetTypes()
    .Where(Function(t) t.IsClass AndAlso Not t.IsAbstract).ToList()

Dim thisAsm As Assembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly()
Dim types As List(Of Type) = thisAsm
    .GetTypes()
    .Where(Function(t) ((GetType(IYourInterface).IsAssignableFrom(t) AndAlso t.IsClass AndAlso Not t.IsAbstract))).ToList()

score -2 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 08 '14 at 07:48

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Many examples are on the web. Here's one (in C# though).

edited Apr 08 '14 at 07:48

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answered Dec 29 '08 at 10:18

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-1 for not including any explanation beyond the links. – Nick Udell Jul 08 '14 at 14:37

List of classes in an assembly

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