protected LoadableClassAttributeBase(string summary, Type instType, Type loaderType, Type argType, Type[] sigTypes, string userName, params string[] loadNames)
        {
            Contracts.CheckValueOrNull(summary);
            Contracts.CheckValue(instType, nameof(instType));
            Contracts.CheckValue(loaderType, nameof(loaderType));
            Contracts.CheckNonEmpty(sigTypes, nameof(sigTypes));

            if (Utils.Size(loadNames) == 0)
            {
                loadNames = new string[] { userName }
            }
            ;

            if (loadNames.Any(s => string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s)))
            {
                throw Contracts.ExceptEmpty(nameof(loadNames), "LoadableClass loadName parameter can't be empty");
            }

            var sigType = sigTypes[0];

            Contracts.CheckValue(sigType, nameof(sigTypes));
            Type[] types;
            Contracts.CheckParam(sigType.BaseType == typeof(System.MulticastDelegate), nameof(sigTypes), "LoadableClass signature type must be a delegate type");

            var meth = sigType.GetMethod("Invoke");

            Contracts.CheckParam(meth != null, nameof(sigTypes), "LoadableClass signature type must be a delegate type");
            Contracts.CheckParam(meth.ReturnType == typeof(void), nameof(sigTypes), "LoadableClass signature type must be a delegate type with void return");

            var parms     = meth.GetParameters();
            int itypeBase = 0;

            if (argType != null)
            {
                types = new Type[1 + parms.Length];
                types[itypeBase++] = argType;
            }
            else if (parms.Length > 0)
            {
                types = new Type[parms.Length];
            }
            else
            {
                types = Type.EmptyTypes;
            }

            for (int itype = 0; itype < parms.Length; itype++)
            {
                var parm = parms[itype];
                if ((parm.Attributes & (ParameterAttributes.Out | ParameterAttributes.Retval)) != 0)
                {
                    throw Contracts.Except("Invalid signature parameter attributes");
                }
                types[itypeBase + itype] = parm.ParameterType;
            }

            for (int i = 1; i < sigTypes.Length; i++)
            {
                sigType = sigTypes[i];
                Contracts.CheckValue(sigType, nameof(sigTypes));

                Contracts.Check(sigType.BaseType == typeof(System.MulticastDelegate), "LoadableClass signature type must be a delegate type");

                meth = sigType.GetMethod("Invoke");
                Contracts.CheckParam(meth != null, nameof(sigTypes), "LoadableClass signature type must be a delegate type");
                Contracts.CheckParam(meth.ReturnType == typeof(void), nameof(sigTypes), "LoadableClass signature type must be a delegate type with void return");
                parms = meth.GetParameters();
                Contracts.CheckParam(parms.Length + itypeBase == types.Length, nameof(sigTypes), "LoadableClass signatures must have the same number of parameters");
                for (int itype = 0; itype < parms.Length; itype++)
                {
                    var parm = parms[itype];
                    if ((parm.Attributes & (ParameterAttributes.Out | ParameterAttributes.Retval)) != 0)
                    {
                        throw Contracts.ExceptParam(nameof(sigTypes), "Invalid signature parameter attributes");
                    }
                    Contracts.CheckParam(types[itypeBase + itype] == parm.ParameterType, nameof(sigTypes),
                                         "LoadableClass signatures must have the same set of parameters");
                }
            }

            InstanceType = instType;
            LoaderType   = loaderType;
            ArgType      = argType;
            SigTypes     = sigTypes;
            CtorTypes    = types;
            Summary      = summary;
            UserName     = userName;
            LoadNames    = loadNames;
        }
    }
        /// <summary>
        /// Make sure the given assemblies are loaded and that their loadable classes have been catalogued.
        /// </summary>
        public static void LoadAndRegister(IHostEnvironment env, string[] assemblies)
        {
            Contracts.AssertValue(env);

            if (Utils.Size(assemblies) > 0)
            {
                foreach (string path in assemblies)
                {
                    Exception ex = null;
                    try
                    {
                        // REVIEW: Will LoadFrom ever return null?
                        Contracts.CheckNonEmpty(path, nameof(path));
                        if (!File.Exists(path))
                        {
                            throw Contracts.ExceptParam(nameof(path), "File does not exist at path: {0}", path);
                        }
                        var assem = LoadAssembly(env, path);
                        if (assem != null)
                        {
                            continue;
                        }
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        ex = e;
                    }

                    // If it is a zip file, load it that way.
                    ZipArchive zip;
                    try
                    {
                        zip = ZipFile.OpenRead(path);
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        // Couldn't load as an assembly and not a zip, so warn the user.
                        ex = ex ?? e;
                        Console.Error.WriteLine("Warning: Could not load '{0}': {1}", path, ex.Message);
                        continue;
                    }

                    string dir;
                    try
                    {
                        dir = CreateTempDirectory();
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        throw Contracts.ExceptIO(e, "Creating temp directory for extra assembly zip extraction failed: '{0}'", path);
                    }

                    try
                    {
                        zip.ExtractToDirectory(dir);
                    }
                    catch (Exception e)
                    {
                        throw Contracts.ExceptIO(e, "Extracting extra assembly zip failed: '{0}'", path);
                    }

                    LoadAssembliesInDir(env, dir, false);
                }
            }
        }