public List <FileFormatInfo> GetFormatInfos(Type baseFormatType)
{
// TODO: very naive, only picks up formats in same assembly as base format type, file extension extraction from regex is iffy, etc...
List <FileFormatInfo> infos = new List <FileFormatInfo>();
foreach (Type type in Assembly.GetAssembly(baseFormatType).GetExportedTypes().Where(x => x != baseFormatType && x.BaseType == baseFormatType))
{
FileFormat instance = (FileFormat)Activator.CreateInstance(type);
string description = (instance.GetFormatDescription() ?? string.Format("{0} Format", type.Name)), extension = ".*";
var fnPatternAttrib = type.GetCustomAttributes(typeof(FilenamePatternAttribute), false).FirstOrDefault();
if (fnPatternAttrib != null)
{
string pattern = (fnPatternAttrib as FilenamePatternAttribute).Pattern;
extension = Path.GetExtension(pattern).Replace("$", "");
}
infos.Add(new FileFormatInfo(description, extension, type));
}
return(infos);
}