private void LoadAssemblies(string[] assembliesToLoad, IList <Assembly> loadedAssemblies)
{
foreach (string assemblyName in assembliesToLoad)
{
// Attempt to load assembly. Failures call logger and return null.
Assembly a = AssemblyUtilities.LoadAssembly(assemblyName, this._logger);
if (a != null)
{
loadedAssemblies.Add(a);
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns the set of <see cref="Assembly"/> instances that are referenced
/// by the given <paramref name="assembly"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// The resulting collection will contain only those assemblies that loaded
/// successfully, and it will not contain <c>null</c> values. Failed loads
/// will be logged to the <paramref name="logger"/>.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="assembly">The <see cref="Assembly"/> whose referenced assemblies are required.</param>
/// <param name="logger">The optional logger to use to report known load failures.</param>
/// <returns>The collection of referenced assemblies.</returns>
public static IEnumerable <Assembly> GetReferencedAssemblies(Assembly assembly, Action <string> logger)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.Assert(assembly != null, "assembly cannot be null");
AssemblyName[] assemblyNames = (assembly == null) ? Array.Empty <AssemblyName>() : assembly.GetReferencedAssemblies();
List <Assembly> assemblies = new List <Assembly>();
foreach (AssemblyName assemblyName in assemblyNames)
{
Assembly a = AssemblyUtilities.LoadAssembly(assemblyName, logger);
if (a != null)
{
assemblies.Add(a);
}
}
return(assemblies);
}
/// <summary>
/// Gets the data objects for the <see cref="BusinessLogicContext"/> instances
/// known by the current model. These data objects are marshalled across
/// the AppDomain boundary by <see cref="ContextViewModel"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The set of data objects for the <see cref="BusinessLogicContext"/>s.
/// This collection will always contain at least one element for the
/// default empty context.</returns>
public IContextData[] GetContextDataItems()
{
// This is lazily computed and cached.
if (this._contexts == null)
{
List <Assembly> loadedAssemblies = new List <Assembly>();
this._contexts = new List <IBusinessLogicContext>();
// First load into this AppDomain all the assemblies we have been
// asked to load. These 2 lists represent the assemblies of the candidate
// types as well as all assemblies referenced by the candidate types'
// assemblies.
// Note, order is important here. Paths to reference assemblies were collected in the VS
// app domain and could be static from when they were originally loaded. Assemblies
// containing the context types were created dynamically and may be more recent. We
// must load the assemblies containing the context types first since multiple assemblies
// with the same name may not be loaded.
this.LoadAssemblies(this.BusinessLogicData.AssemblyPaths, loadedAssemblies);
this.LoadAssemblies(this.BusinessLogicData.ReferenceAssemblyPaths, loadedAssemblies);
// Next, find the context types we were asked to use from those loaded assemblies
List <Type> foundTypes = new List <Type>();
HashSet <string> contextTypeNames = new HashSet <string>(this.BusinessLogicData.ContextTypeNames);
// We match the type from the other AppDomain to the corresponding one in our
// AppDomain in one of two ways:
// 1. Type.GetType()
// 2. Scanning Assembly.GetExportedTypes
// We do this because Type.GetType() is faster, but it will not work
// for assemblies that cannot be loaded by the AssemblyName alone
// (which occurs with binary references outside the project and in
// class library projects when ASP.NET does not use the ASP.NET
// temporary folders).
// Pass 1: try to get the type directly
foreach (string typeName in this.BusinessLogicData.ContextTypeNames)
{
Type t = Type.GetType(typeName, /* throwOnError */ false);
if (t != null)
{
foundTypes.Add(t);
contextTypeNames.Remove(t.AssemblyQualifiedName);
}
}
// Pass 2: for any types not loaded above, locate them manually.
foreach (Assembly a in loadedAssemblies)
{
if (contextTypeNames.Count > 0)
{
// Ask for all exported types. Use the safe version that logs issues
// and unconditionally returns the collection (which could be empty).
Type[] types = AssemblyUtilities.GetExportedTypes(a, this._logger).ToArray();
foreach (Type t in types)
{
// We remove each match from the candidate list and will take an early out
// once that list is empty.
if (contextTypeNames.Count > 0 && contextTypeNames.Contains(t.AssemblyQualifiedName))
{
foundTypes.Add(t);
contextTypeNames.Remove(t.AssemblyQualifiedName);
}
}
}
}
// Add the default empty context at the top always
this._contexts.Add(new BusinessLogicContext(null, Resources.BusinessLogic_Class_Empty_Class_Name));
// Create a BusinessLogicContext object for every type we matched in the new AppDomain
foreach (Type t in foundTypes)
{
try
{
if (typeof(DataContext).IsAssignableFrom(t))
{
this._contexts.Add(new LinqToSqlContext(t));
}
else if (typeof(ObjectContext).IsAssignableFrom(t))
{
this._contexts.Add(new LinqToEntitiesContext(t));
}
else if (typeof(DbContext).IsAssignableFrom(t))
{
this._contexts.Add(new LinqToEntitiesDbContext(t));
}
else
{
this._logger(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.BusinessLogicClass_InvalidContextType, t.FullName));
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
this._logger(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.BusinessLogicClass_Failed_Load, t.FullName, ex.ToString()));
}
}
// Report every type we did not match
foreach (string typeName in contextTypeNames)
{
this._logger(string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, Resources.BusinessLogicClass_Failed_Type_Load, typeName));
}
}
// just select out all the ContextData's. The other AppDomain does not get access
// to the BusinessLogicContext objects, because we maintain type separation between
// the AppDomains.
return(this._contexts.Select <IBusinessLogicContext, IContextData>(blc => blc.ContextData).ToArray());
}