/// <summary>
/// Starts an application in a separate AppDomain.
/// Loads all enabled plugins and starts the application via an ApplicationManager instance activated in the new AppDomain.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="appInfo">application to run</param>
public void Run(ApplicationDescription appInfo, ICommandLineArgument[] args)
{
if (!initialized)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("PluginManager is not initialized. DiscoverAndCheckPlugins() must be called before Run()");
}
// create a separate AppDomain for the application
// initialize the static ApplicationManager in the AppDomain
// and remotely tell it to start the application
OnApplicationStarting(new PluginInfrastructureEventArgs(appInfo));
AppDomain applicationDomain = null;
try {
AppDomainSetup setup = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetupInformation;
setup.PrivateBinPath = pluginDir;
applicationDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain(AppDomain.CurrentDomain.FriendlyName, null, setup);
Type applicationManagerType = typeof(DefaultApplicationManager);
DefaultApplicationManager applicationManager =
(DefaultApplicationManager)applicationDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(applicationManagerType.Assembly.FullName, applicationManagerType.FullName, true, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance, null, null, null, null);
applicationManager.PluginLoaded += applicationManager_PluginLoaded;
applicationManager.PluginUnloaded += applicationManager_PluginUnloaded;
applicationManager.PrepareApplicationDomain(applications, plugins);
OnApplicationStarted(new PluginInfrastructureEventArgs(appInfo));
applicationManager.Run(appInfo, args);
}
finally {
// make sure domain is unloaded in all cases
AppDomain.Unload(applicationDomain);
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a new AppDomain with loaded assemblies/plugins from applicationBase
/// </summary>
public static AppDomain CreateAndInitSandbox(string appDomainName, string applicationBase, string configFilePath)
{
PermissionSet pSet;
pSet = new PermissionSet(PermissionState.Unrestricted);
AppDomainSetup setup = new AppDomainSetup();
setup.PrivateBinPath = applicationBase;
setup.ApplicationBase = applicationBase;
setup.ConfigurationFile = configFilePath;
Type applicationManagerType = typeof(DefaultApplicationManager);
AppDomain applicationDomain = AppDomain.CreateDomain(appDomainName, null, setup, pSet, null);
DefaultApplicationManager applicationManager = (DefaultApplicationManager)applicationDomain.CreateInstanceAndUnwrap(applicationManagerType.Assembly.FullName, applicationManagerType.FullName, true, BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance, null, null, null, null);
PluginManager pm = new PluginManager(applicationBase);
pm.DiscoverAndCheckPlugins();
applicationManager.PrepareApplicationDomain(pm.Applications, pm.Plugins);
return(applicationDomain);
}
