/// <summary>
/// Returns the hive containing the specified <paramref name="keyName"/> as a <see cref="RegistryKey"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <exception cref="ApplicationException">
/// An <see cref="ApplicationException"/> is thrown if the <see cref="RegistryHive"/>
/// can't be extracted from the specified <paramref name="keyName"/>.
/// </exception>
/// <param name="keyName">The full key name. Used to extract the rootkey from.</param>
/// <param name="subKeyName">The name of the hive's subkey, as specified in <paramref name="keyName"/>.</param>
/// <returns>The top-level <see cref="RegistryKey"/> of which <paramref name="keyName"/> is a member.</returns>
public static RegistryHive GetHive(string keyName, out string subKeyName)
{
int index = keyName.IndexOf("\\");
if (index == 0)
{
throw new ApplicationException("Can't extract the root key from " + keyName);
}
if (index != -1)
{
subKeyName = keyName.Substring(index + 1);
keyName = keyName.Substring(0, index).ToUpperInvariant();
}
else
{
subKeyName = null;
}
var id = HiveMap.GetIdFor(keyName);
if (HiveMap.IsLegalId(id))
{
return(HiveMap.GetHiveById(id));
}
throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("The requested hive \"{0}\" can't be found.", keyName));
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns whether the specified handle is predefined for a hive.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="hKey">The handle to check.</param>
/// <param name="registryHive">The <see cref="RegistryHive"/> matching the handle.</param>
/// <returns>True if <paramref name="hKey"/> is a predefined handle.</returns>
public static bool IsHiveHandle(uint hKey, out RegistryHive registryHive)
{
var id = HiveMap.GetIdFor(hKey);
if (HiveMap.IsLegalId(id))
{
registryHive = HiveMap.GetHiveById(id);
return(true);
}
registryHive = default(RegistryHive);
return(false);
}