public static Type LoadTypeInSeparateAppDomain(string typename, string assemblyname)
{
try
{
/// first try loading the type the easy way
Type t = Type.GetType(typename, false, true);
if (t == null)
{
/// it didn't load, so try loading the reference and then finding it
/// but do it in a separate app domain so that we don't incur the wrath of the overhead monkey
AppDomain domain = AppDomain.CreateDomain(Guid.NewGuid().ToString());
XmlConfigurationOptionTypeUtilities loader = (XmlConfigurationOptionTypeUtilities)domain.CreateInstanceFromAndUnwrap(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location, typeof(XmlConfigurationOptionTypeUtilities).FullName);
t = loader.LoadType(typename, assemblyname);
AppDomain.Unload(domain);
}
return(t);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex);
}
return(null);
}
private XmlConfigurationOption ReadOption(XPathNavigator navigator, XmlConfigurationOption option)
{
string value = null;
try
{
if (string.Compare(navigator.Name, @"Option", true) == 0)
{
#region Attributes
XPathNavigator optionNavigator = navigator.Clone();
value = optionNavigator.Value;
if (optionNavigator.HasAttributes)
{
XPathNavigator attributesNavigator = optionNavigator.Clone();
if (attributesNavigator.MoveToFirstAttribute())
{
option.ElementName = attributesNavigator.Value;
while (attributesNavigator.MoveToNextAttribute())
{
switch (attributesNavigator.Name)
{
case @"HasChanges":
option.HasChanges = XmlConvert.ToBoolean(attributesNavigator.Value);
break;
case @"Category":
option.Category = attributesNavigator.Value;
break;
case @"Description":
option.Description = attributesNavigator.Value;
break;
case @"DisplayName":
option.DisplayName = attributesNavigator.Value;
break;
case @"Hidden":
option.Hidden = XmlConvert.ToBoolean(attributesNavigator.Value);
break;
case @"Readonly":
option.Readonly = XmlConvert.ToBoolean(attributesNavigator.Value);
break;
case @"ShouldSerializeValue":
option.ShouldSerializeValue = XmlConvert.ToBoolean(attributesNavigator.Value);
break;
case @"ValueAssemblyQualifiedName":
option.ValueAssemblyQualifiedName = attributesNavigator.Value;
break;
case @"EditorAssemblyQualifiedName":
option.EditorAssemblyQualifiedName = attributesNavigator.Value;
break;
}
;
}
}
}
#endregion
#region Value
// if the option is serialized
if (option.ShouldSerializeValue)
{
// it should be encoded in base 64, so decode it
option.Value = this.GetSerializedValue(option, value);
return(option);
}
// otherwise figure out why type of object it is
Type t = XmlConfigurationOptionTypeUtilities.GetType(option);
if (t != null)
{
if (t.IsEnum)
{
option.Value = Enum.Parse(t, value, true);
return(option);
}
if (t == typeof(System.String))
{
option.Value = (string)value;
}
if (t == typeof(System.Boolean))
{
option.Value = (object)XmlConvert.ToBoolean(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Int32))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToInt32(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Int64))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToInt64(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Decimal))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToDecimal(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Double))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToDouble(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Byte))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToByte(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Char))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToChar(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.DateTime))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToDateTime(value, XmlDateTimeSerializationMode.Unspecified);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Guid))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToGuid(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Int16))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToInt16(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.SByte))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToSByte(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.Single))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToSingle(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.UInt16))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToUInt16(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.UInt32))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToUInt32(value);
}
if (t == typeof(System.UInt64))
{
option.Value = XmlConvert.ToUInt64(value);
}
}
#endregion
return(option);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
this.OnCannotReadValue(this, new XmlConfigurationReaderEventArgs(ex, option, value));
// Debug.WriteLine(ex);
}
return(null);
}