/// <summary>
/// Converts from the Representation back to the original.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="assemblyRepresentation">The assembly representation.</param>
/// <returns>
/// The assembly.
/// </returns>
public static Assembly FromRepresentation(
this AssemblyRepresentation assemblyRepresentation)
{
if (assemblyRepresentation == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(assemblyRepresentation));
}
var allAssemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.GetAssemblies();
var results = allAssemblies
.Where(_ => _.ToRepresentation().Equals(assemblyRepresentation))
.ToList();
if (!results.Any())
{
throw new ArgumentException(Invariant($"Could not find an assembly that matched representation '{assemblyRepresentation}' in '{nameof(AppDomain)}'."));
}
if (results.Count > 1)
{
var foundAddIn = string.Join(",", results.Select(_ => _.ToString()));
throw new ArgumentException(Invariant($"Found too many assemblies that matched representation '{assemblyRepresentation}' in '{nameof(AppDomain)}'; {foundAddIn}."));
}
var result = results.Single();
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Reads the assembly to create a new <see cref="AssemblyRepresentation"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="assembly">The assembly object to interrogate.</param>
/// <returns>
/// Details about an assembly.
/// </returns>
public static AssemblyRepresentation ToRepresentation(
this Assembly assembly)
{
if (assembly == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(assembly));
}
var codeBasesToIgnore = new List <string>(new[] { "Microsoft.GeneratedCode", "Anonymously Hosted DynamicMethods Assembly" });
var asmName = assembly.GetName();
var frameworkVersionNumber = assembly.ImageRuntimeVersion.Substring(1, 3);
var version = asmName.Version.ToString();
var name = asmName.Name;
var codeBase = codeBasesToIgnore.Contains(name) ? name : assembly.GetCodeBaseAsPathInsteadOfUri();
var result = new AssemblyRepresentation(name, version, codeBase, frameworkVersionNumber);
return(result);
}
